Paris court gives 1980 synagogue bomber life sentence
The bombing, which took place on Oct. 3, 1980, was understood to be the first fatal antisemitic attack in France since the Holocaust.
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The bombing, which took place on Oct. 3, 1980, was understood to be the first fatal antisemitic attack in France since the Holocaust.
Most of the evidence presented against Lebanese-Canadian sociology professor Hassan Diab was based on intelligence sources, with his lawyers had again argued the case should be thrown out.
A Paris court has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian academic in absentia on terrorism charges over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four and wounded 46.
Hassan Diab refused to leave Canada to attend the trial into the murder of four people.