World IN BRIEF : SWEDEN : Terrorist Who Fled Prison Recaptured
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Palestinian terrorist and a convict companion were recaptured four days after they escaped from the high-security Kumla Prison in Sweden. Martin Imandi, 37, a Palestinian serving life for bomb attacks against Jewish and American targets in Denmark and the Netherlands in 1985, and Ioan Hurst, 33, a Romanian serving eight years for the attempted murder of two policemen, were captured after they tried to run a roadblock set up about 15 miles from the prison.
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