French prosecutors seek trial of six over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant

(Reuters) French prosecutors said on Wednesday they were seeking the trial of six people by 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.

The bombing and shooting assault on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the heart of the Jewish district of the Marais quarter in August 1982 marked 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.

A judge has now to decide whether a trial will take place.

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