French prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they are seeking to bring six individuals to trial before a special terrorism court in connection with a 1982 attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris, which killed six people and wounded 22 others.
One of the suspects, Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed, has been held in custody in France since late 2020. Arrest warrants for the remaining suspects have been issued, though it is not known whether the five are in France, Reuters reported.
The attack on the Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant—carried out with grenades and machine guns—was the deadliest antisemitic assault in France since World War II. Israel and other Western intelligence agencies said it was perpetrated by the Abu Nidal Palestinian terrorist organization.
In addition to Abu Zayed, who is suspected of being one of the gunmen involved in the attack, France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office also named Nizar Tawfik Mussa and Mahmoud Khader, who are wanted on charges of murder and attempted murder linked to a terrorist organization. Three other individuals are sought on charges of aiding and abetting murder and attempted murder within the same context.
A judge must now determine whether to approve the request and proceed with a trial.
