Suspect in 1982 Paris Jewish restaurant attack extradited to France

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 16, 2026 · 425 words

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Suspect in 1982 Paris Jewish restaurant attack extradited to France A suspect in the 1982 Paris Jewish restaurant attack that killed six people was extradited to France on Thursday by the Palestinian Authority.

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What happened

Why it matters

Hicham Harb, now 72, was detained on arrival in Paris and is due to face formal proceedings over one of the country’s deadliest post-war antisemitic attacks.

Common ground

A man accused of coordinating a 1982 attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that killed six people arrived in France Thursday after being extradited by the Palestinian Authority.

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Claim 1: “Harb, also known as Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra”

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Al Jazeera and other cross-referenced sources explicitly state that Hicham Harb is also known as Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra.

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Claim 2: “has been suspected by Italian investigators over an attack on a synagogue in Rome in 1982 in which a two-year-old was killed.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “In February, France’s Court of Cassation, the country’s highest court, confirmed that a trial would be held over the 1982 attack against two other Palestinians held in France, one of whom has Norwegian citizenship.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results or Wikipedia entries regarding the Court of Cassation's decision in February concerning two other Palestinians and a Norwegian citizen.

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Claim 4: “Hicham Harb, one of four suspects sought in connection with the August 9, 1982 attack”

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France 24 and other web search results identify Hicham Harb as one of the suspects sought in connection with the August 9, 1982 attack.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events of the year 2025 in Palestine.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack was a bombing and shooting attack on a Jewish restaurant in the Parisien district of Marais on 9 August 1982 carried out by the Palestinian militant Abu Nid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chez_Jo_Goldenberg_restaurant_…

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Claim 5: “Harb is also the subject of a 1988 German arrest warrant in connection with an attack at Frankfurt airport in 1985”

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Claim 6: “Hicham Harb, now 72, was detained on arrival in Paris”

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France 24 and RFI both report that Hicham Harb, aged 72, was detained upon arrival in Paris.

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Claim 7: “French President Emmanuel Macron officially recognised a Palestinian state.”

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Multiple sources, including France 24 and other news reports, confirm that President Emmanuel Macron officially recognized a Palestinian state at the UN.

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web search NEUTRAL — French President Emmanuel Macron officially recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday, spurring a wave of Western moves to defy Israel in making the landmark – if symbolic – move.
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web search NEUTRAL — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday formally recognised the state of Palestine at a UN summit in New York co-hosted with Saudi Arabia. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who addressed the mee…
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250922-live-france…

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web search NEUTRAL — French President Emmanuel Macron officially recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday, spurring a wave of Western moves to defy Israel in making the landmark -- if symbolic -- mov…
https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2025/09/23/macron-recognises-p…

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Claim 8: “The attack was attributed to the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-RC) led by Abu Nidal, a Palestinian splinter group that broke away from the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).”

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Wikipedia confirms the Chez Jo Goldenberg attack was carried out by the Abu Nidal Organization, which is described as a group that splintered from the PLO.

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Claim 9: “was arrested by Palestinian authorities in September 2025”

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While other claims mention the extradition occurred recently, the specific evidence provided for this claim consists of unrelated photography courses in Bordeaux. There is no evidence in the provided text confirming an arrest specifically in 'September 2025'.

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Claim 10: “A suspect in the 1982 Paris Jewish restaurant attack that killed six people was extradited to France on Thursday by the Palestinian Authority.”

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Multiple independent news sources (France 24, Al Jazeera, and other web results) confirm that the Palestinian Authority extradited a suspect in the 1982 Paris Jewish restaurant attack to France.

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Claim 11: “Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said later that year that Harb would be extradited”

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Two independent web sources report that President Mahmoud Abbas told Le Figaro that Hicham Harb would be extradited following France's recognition of the Palestinian state.

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web search NEUTRAL — In an interview with French daily Le Figaro late in 2025, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Harb would be extradited following France’s recognition of the State of Palestine in September that ye…
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web search NEUTRAL — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said later that year that Harb would be extradited, telling newspaper Le Figaro that France's decision to grant recognition had created "an appropriate framework for…
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Claim 12: “a group of three to five men hurled a grenade inside the Jo Goldenberg restaurant, then opened fire on customers, killing six people and wounding 22 others.”

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Wikipedia confirms the Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack occurred on August 9, 1982, and involved bombing and shooting. Web search results specify the death toll of six and the use of grenades and machine guns.

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