![Le 9 août 1982, six personnes ont été tuées et 22 blessées dans le quartier juif du Marais à Paris. [Jacques DEMARTHON / AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/124741694/47fd62f8c7f5593557074cd2245d282ce07056de085c3f098d38eb026d2e5ba5)
Overview
- Hicham Harb, 72, who is accused of supervising the 1982 Paris attack, was handed over by the Palestinian Authority on Thursday and taken into French custody at the Villacoublay air base under an antiterror warrant.
- After being presented to a judge, he was placed in pre-trial detention pending a hearing before the special assize court that tries terrorism cases in France.
- President Emmanuel Macron thanked Palestinian leaders for their help and said the handover reflects new judicial cooperation following France’s 2025 recognition of the State of Palestine.
- Harb’s family and lawyer call the extradition illegal under Palestinian basic law and say his health and fair-trial rights are at risk, while the Palestinian Authority has not commented.
- A trial in France moved closer after a February ruling cleared it to proceed, with two other suspects already under French control and two more still in Jordan after courts there refused extradition; Harb also faces an old German warrant and interest from Italian investigators.