Palestinian authorities arrest suspect in 1982 Paris restaurant attack, say French prosecutors

Paris: Palestinian authorities have arrested a key suspect in the 1982 gun attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that left six people dead, French prosecutors announced on Friday.

The French anti-terror prosecutor’s office said it had been informed of the arrest of 70-year-old Hicham Harb through Interpol, describing it as “a major procedural breakthrough” and thanking the Palestinian authorities for their cooperation.

According to French daily Le Parisien, which first reported the development, Harb, accused of leading the assailants who opened fire on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in central Paris, was detained in the occupied West Bank.