WORLD NEWS | Canadian scholar convicted in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing

PARIS, April 21 (AP) – A Paris court sentenced a Lebanese-Canadian academic in absentia on terrorism charges in connection with a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue that killed four and wounded 46 .

On Friday, the court also sentenced Hassan Diab to life in prison and issued a warrant for his arrest after a trial that marked the culmination of a decades-long investigation.

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He is the only suspect.

Diab, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, has denied wrongdoing.

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He was in Lebanon at the time of the attack and was a victim of mistaken identity, his lawyer said.

French authorities accused Diab of planting a bomb outside the synagogue on the night of October 3, 1980, where 320 worshipers had gathered to celebrate the end of the Jewish holiday. (Associated Press)

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