Particle.news
Download on the App Store
6 ARTICLES
·
3h ago

Palestinian Authority Arrests Long-Sought Suspect in 1982 Paris Jewish Restaurant Attack

Paris links the detention to renewed cooperation tied to its planned recognition of a Palestinian state.

FILE - A general view of the scene of attack on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in Paris, France, Aug. 9, 1982. (AP Photo/Aulnay, File)
Firemen remove a victim of the terrorist attack on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in Paris on August 9, 1982
FILE - A general view of the scene of attack on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in Paris, France, Aug. 9, 1982. (AP Photo/Aulnay, File)
Image

Overview

  • Interpol informed France's anti-terrorism prosecutors that Hicham Harb was detained in the occupied West Bank.
  • Harb, also known as Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, is accused of leading an Abu Nidal unit that killed six people and wounded 22 at Jo Goldenberg in 1982.
  • French judges in July referred Harb and five others to stand trial, and he has been wanted under a 2015 international arrest warrant.
  • President Emmanuel Macron praised cooperation with the Palestinian Authority and said France is seeking Harb's swift extradition.
  • One alleged gunman was extradited from Norway in 2020 and is in French custody, while other suspects are still believed to be in Palestinian territories or Jordan.