Arab Times

❑❑❑ Suspect in 1982 attack jailed:

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A man arrested in southern Norway suspected of involvemen­t in a deadly terror attack in Paris 38 years ago was on Thursday remanded in custody for four weeks while the extraditio­n is considered, a Norwegian newspaper reported.

The Oslo District Court considered that the man – a Norwegian citizen in his 60s who is suspected in the attack on a deli in the heart of the French capital’s Jewish quarter that left six dead and 22 wounded – was at risk of fleeing or going into hiding, Dagbladet said.

The man, who was not identified, was arrested Wednesday by the Norwegian Police Security Service, or PST, in the town of Skien on a European arrest warrant.

PST spokeswoma­n Annett Aamodt said France sought the man who is a suspected of premeditat­ed murder and attempted premeditat­ed murder in connection with the attack at the packed restaurant “Jo Goldenberg.”

Attackers throwing grenades burst into the deli on Aug 9, 1982, and sprayed machine-gun fire. (AP)

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