(AP) A terrorism court in France has ordered six suspected Palestinian militants to go on trial for an attack 43 years ago at a Jewish restaurant and deli in Paris that killed six people, a lawyer said Thursday.
Attackers threw grenades and then sprayed machine-gun fire into the Jo Goldenberg restaurant on Aug. 9, 1982, in the deadliest antisemitic attack in France since World War II, which also injured 22 people. Two of those killed were Americans.
Though four of the suspects remain abroad and likely would be tried in absentia, investigating judges have issued an order for a trial, which could begin early next year, said David Père, who represents victims. The Paris-based court does not publish its orders publicly, and generally does not respond to journalists.
