Palestinians hand over suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris

Hicham Harb is suspected of directing the attack in the Rue des Rosiers and acting as one of the gunmen who shot at diners. Palestinians hand over suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. The attackers threw a grenade into the restaurant before opening fire with machine guns A black and white photo showin a restaurant surrounded by emergency vehicles French authorities have detained a 72-year-old man considered a key suspect in a grenade and gun attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris in 1982, in which six people were killed. Hicham Harb was extradited by the Palestinian National Authority on Thursday, in response to a request last September by France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT). Harb, whose real name is Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, is suspected of directing the attack in the Rue des Rosiers and acting as one of the gunmen who shot at diners. French President Emmanuel Macron thanked the Palestinian Authority and said it was "a concrete demonstration" of judicial co-operation resulting from France's recognition of a Palestinian state in September 2025. French President Emmanuel Macron thanked the Palestinian Authority and said it was "a concrete demonstration" of judicial co-operation resulting from France's recognition of a Palestinian state On arrival at the Villacoublay air force base near Paris, Harb was placed in detention, PNAT said. No-one has ever been convicted of carrying out the six killings inside and outside the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the historically Jewish Marais quarter of Paris, in which more than 20 other people were wounded. The attackers initially threw a grenade into the restaurant and at least three men then went in firing machine guns as people tried to escape. Last year, France's highest judicial court, the Court of Cassation, ordered a trial for six suspects, of whom three are in absentia and living in the West Bank, Jordan and Kuwait. The Rue des Rosiers attack was blamed on a Palestinian splinter group founded by notorious militant Abu Nidal, who was shot dead in Iraq in 2002. Nidal's organisation broke away from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and was blamed for a string of deadly attacks that claimed 900 lives, mostly in the 1980s, including assassinations, plane hijackings and shootings at airports and on a Greek cruise ship. Two suspects in the Paris attack are already in France, including Norwegian citizen Abou Zayed, who is suspected of being one of the gunmen, while Hazza Taha is suspected of hiding weapons used in the attack. Abou Zayed's lawyers have denied he had anything to do with the shooting. Meanwhile, Hicham Harb's son Bilal al-Adra said the family considered his extradition illegal and with no guarantee of a fair trial. However, the Paris courts have rejected an appeal to have the case heard by a jury, rather than by judges in a special court. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, who met families of the Rue des Rosiers victims last year, said he had promised them everything would be done to put the suspects on trial. Forty-four years after the attack, he said, justice could finally be served: "Faced with anti-Semitism and terrorism, France never forgets and never gives up." Red scalloped awning advertises Goldenberg's delicatessen stre in yellow font, with the Jewish star of David printed next to the restaurant sign. Above the sign is the street name Rue des Rosiers, 4th arrondisement, in white writing on blue tiling. Suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris arrested in West Bank Sir Keir Starmer has said further details of the plan will come after a meeting in London next week. Marie-Thérèse had moved to the US after reuniting with her long-lost love, an American man who died in January. France striker Hugo Ekitike will miss the World Cup after suffering a rupture of the Achilles tendon during Liverpool's Champions League defeat by Paris St-Germain on Tuesday. "How do I know this isn't a prank?" the winner asked when he answered a video call from Christie's auction house in Paris. Gareth Rees is aiming to complete his second marathon for the RFU's Injured Players Foundation. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said it had immediately taken over the investigation. The capital could shift to the right after 25 years under the Socialists if Rachida Dati defeats Emmanuel Grégoire. Awkward choices emerge for mainstream parties after the first round of mayoral elections.