There will be six defendants, four of whom will be tried in absentia. On Thursday, July 31, the investigating judge ordered a trial for the six individuals before a specially constituted criminal court. They are each accused of participating in the antisemitic attack on Rue des Rosiers in Paris, on August 9, 1982, leaving six dead in and in front of a Jewish restaurant.
The trial has not yet been scheduled and will be held in the presence of only two of the defendants: Walid Abou Zayed, a 66-year-old Norwegian of Palestinian origin who is thought to be one of the gunmen and has been held in France since 2020, and Hazza Taha, who is suspected of having hiden weapons and is currently under conditional release.
Hicham Harb (real name Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra), Nizar Tawfiq Hamada, Amjad Atta (real name Souhair Al-Abassi), and Nabil Othmane are the four other defendants. The first two are living in the West Bank, the others in Jordan and Kuwait, respectively. The authorities in these countries and territories have either refused to extradite them or have not responded to the French international arrest warrants. All four remain wanted.
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