People stand on August 11, 1982 in front of the Jo-Goldenberg restaurant in Paris, two days after an attack by gunmen. JOEL ROBINE / AFP
A man accused of coordinating a 1982 attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that killed six people arrived in France on Thursday, April 16, after being extradited by the Palestinian Authority. Hicham Harb, one of four suspects sought in connection with the August 9, 1982, attack, was detained on arrival at an air base near the capital and will be formally notified of the warrant against him on Friday, the national anti-terrorist prosecution office said in a statement.
The attack rocked the French capital's historically Jewish Marais neighborhood 4 years ago, when 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. Harb, also known as Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra – now aged 72 – was arrested by Palestinian authorities in September 2025, days before French President Emmanuel Macron officially recognized a Palestinian state.
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 this French request." Following the extradition, Macron's office thanked the Palestinian authorities in a statement for "their cooperation, their commitment to fighting terrorism, as President Abbas promised."
