Israel: November 11, 2002

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: 10.0pt"> The Palestinian shooter who killed five Israelis yesterday has been identified as Sirhan Sirhan, a man from the Sirhan clan in Nablus. Palestinian sources say the shooter got lost, and thought he was entering a Jewish settlement in Palestinian territory.

Another member of the Sirhan clan (also named Sirhan Sirhan) killed American presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968 (and is still serving a life sentence.) Kennedy was killed for his pro-Israel statements. That Sirhan Sirhan had immigrated to the US in 1956 with his family. 

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