Jew charged over bomb

JACKSONVILLE - An Orthodox Jew is to appear in court in Jacksonville yesterday charged with placing a bomb in a synagogue to …

JACKSONVILLE - An Orthodox Jew is to appear in court in Jacksonville yesterday charged with placing a bomb in a synagogue to disrupt a speech by the former Israeli prime minister, Mr Shimon Peres, police said yesterday.

Mr Harry Shapiro (31), who worked at a filling station, turned himself in to police on Tuesday.

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