NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Kahane Case Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A municipal worker pleaded not guilty to charges he killed Jewish extremist Meir Kahane, while followers of the slain right-wing rabbi called for vengeance. “No justice, no peace†chanted about 40 demonstrators outside the courthouse in New York. Defendant El Sayyid Nosair, 35, a native of Egypt, wore a white skullcap with Arabic script around its perimeter. His chin and neck were bandaged where he was shot by a postal police officer he encountered after allegedly shooting Kahane at a Manhattan hotel on Nov. 5.
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