{"id":19260,"date":"2026-04-17T05:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=19260"},"modified":"2026-04-17T05:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:34:03","slug":"france-arrests-suspect-over-1982-attack-on-jewish-restaurant-crime-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=19260","title":{"rendered":"France arrests suspect over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant | Crime News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, sought for over four decades, was surrendered by Palestinian authorities<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 17 Apr 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">17 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A man suspected of organising a deadly attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris has been arrested and placed in custody in France after being handed over by Palestinian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, also known as Hicham Harb, arrived in France on Thursday after Palestinian officials surrendered him to French authorities, a handover that French President Emmanuel Macron linked directly to France\u2019s recent recognition of Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>On August 9, 1982, three to five men threw a grenade into Jo Goldenberg, a Jewish-owned restaurant in the Rue des Rosiers, in Paris\u2019s historic Marais district, before opening fire on the street outside.<\/p>\n<p>Six people were killed and 22 wounded in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was blamed on the Fatah-Revolutionary Council, a Palestinian armed faction that had split from the mainstream Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).<\/p>\n<p>Adra was arrested in the West Bank by Palestinian security forces in September last year.<\/p>\n<p>French antiterrorism prosecutors filed an extradition request days later, and he was flown to the Villacoublay military airbase outside Paris on Thursday, where he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer described the extradition as \u201ca serious violation of Palestinian fundamental law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForty-four years is too long,\u201d said David Pere, a lawyer representing several families.<\/p>\n<p>Two other suspects are already in French custody, and in February, France\u2019s highest court confirmed that a trial will proceed, a ruling that had been challenged by the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Macron praised the Palestinian Authority\u2019s cooperation, saying it reflected a commitment by President Mahmoud Abbas to work with France on counterterrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Abbas had told French newspaper Le Figaro late last year that France\u2019s recognition of Palestinian statehood in September 2025 had \u201ccreated an appropriate framework\u201d for the extradition request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, sought for over four decades, was surrendered by Palestinian authorities Published On 17 Apr 202617 Apr 2026 A man suspected of organising a deadly attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris has been arrested and placed in custody in France after being handed over by Palestinian authorities. 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