International arrest warrants issued over attack on Jo Goldenberg deli in old Jewish quarter of Paris, in which six people died

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More than 32 years after a deadly terror attack in the old Jewish quarter of Paris, French authorities have identified three suspects and are seeking their arrest.

On 9 August 1982 a group of Palestinians burst into the Jo Goldenberg deli and sprayed machine-gun fire, killing six people including two Americans.

A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office said international arrest warrants had been issued for three suspects – now in their late 50s and early 60s – believed to have been members of the Abu Nidal group.

She said they were believed to be in the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Norway, but declined to identify them by name.