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Six to stand trial over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
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Posted on July 31, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 31, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Six people will stand trial in France for a 1982 antisemitic attack on a Paris restaurant, marking a significant legal development.
PARIS (Reuters) -French judges on Thursday ordered a trial for six people in a special terrorism court over an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 43 years ago in which six people were killed and at least 20 others were injured, a judicial source said.
The bombing and shooting assault on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the heart of the Jewish district of the Marais quarter in August 1982 was the deadliest antisemitic attack in France at the time since World War Two.
It came amid a wave of violence involving Palestinian militants. There has been no previous trial related to the case.
Earlier this month, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) had requested the trial of Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed, suspected of being one of the gunmen behind the attack and detained in France since the end of 2020.
Arrest warrants for the suspects have been issued, although in the case of four of them it is not known whether they are currently in France. No date has been set for the trial as the suspects have 10 days to appeal.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon)
A judicial source refers to information or data that comes from a court or legal authority, often used in legal contexts.
An appeal is a legal process in which a case is reviewed by a higher court to determine if the lower court's decision was correct.
An arrest warrant is a legal document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes law enforcement to arrest an individual.
Antisemitism is prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews.
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