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A Lebanese-Canadian academic who is the lone suspect in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue went on trial in absentia Monday, nearly 43 years after four people were killed and 46 wounded in the unclaimed attack. French authorities identified Hassan Diab as a suspect in 1999. They accuse him of planting the bomb on…

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Trial over fatal Paris synagogue attack opens after 43 years

The trial of a 69-year-old Lebanese-Canadian charged over a fatal 1980 bomb attack outside a Paris synagogue opened on Monday after more than four decades of legal wrangling.Canada-based Hassan Diab, who denies any involvement in the attack which killed four and wounded dozens, told the court during preliminary hearings that he would not show up for the trial, after accusations against him had been dropped in an earlier investigation.

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Hassan Diab, who lives in Canada, says he won't show up for trial after accusations dropped in previous probe; 4 killed, 46 injured in explosion

French authorities accuse Hassan Diab of planting the bomb outside the synagogue where 320 worshipers had gathered

A Lebanese-Canadian Academic Goes on Trial in Absentia, Nearly 43 Years After the Unclaimed Attack. Families Say His Absence Is Proof of 'Great Cowardice in His Behavior'

French intelligence in 1999 accused Diab, a sociology professor, of having made the 10-kilogramme (22-pound) bomb. 

A Lebanese-Canadian academic who is the lone suspect in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue went on trial in absentia Monday, nearly 43 years after four people were killed and 46 wounded in the unclaimed attack.