Canadian Professor Charged in Deadly Paris Synagogue Bombing

A Canadian university professor was charged in Paris on Saturday in the deadly 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris that killed four and injured more than 40.

The arraignment of Hassan Diab came hours after he arrived in Paris after being extradited from Canada following a six-year fight to prevent it.

Canada’s Supreme Court last week declined to hear Diab’s appeal to reverse a lower court ruling that called for his extradition.

French authorities allege that Diab, a dual Lebanese and Canadian citizen, was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and took part in the deadly bombing of the Rue Copernic synagogue.