ALERT: Palestinian Authority hands over alleged ‘supervisor’ to France
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This is a strong gesture for the victims of the attack on Rue des Rosiers in Paris in 1982, which left six people dead and 22 injured. Mahmoud al-Adra, known as Hicham Harb, and suspected of having played a supervisory role in this dramatic attack, was extradited to France on Thursday by the Palestinian Authority. “In execution of an extradition request from the national anti-terrorism prosecution dated September 30, 2025, the person concerned was handed over today, April 16, by the Palestinian authorities to French justice,” wrote the Pnat in a press release. “The family of Hicham Harb contacted me today to inform me that they had been notified by the Palestinian Authority of his extradition” to France, declared his lawyer Ammar Dweik. His son, Bilal al-Adra, claims to have received a “crying” call from his father mentioning his surrender “to the French authorities”. The defense denounces an irregular procedure This surrender comes after an unfavorable Palestinian judicial decision. According to his son, an administrative court “rejected (Tuesday) his lawyer’s urgent request to suspend the extradition, without giving reasons”, even though a hearing was scheduled in Ramallah. No official reaction has been published by the Palestinian Authority. The defense denounces an irregular procedure. Me Ammar Dweik believes that the extradition “constitutes a serious violation of Palestinian fundamental law and a dangerous precedent”. The family also mentions a measure that is “illegal and therefore devoid of any guarantee of a fair trial”, while being concerned about the state of health of the suspect. A future trial by the Court of Cassation In France, justice relaunched the case in February with the validation of a future trial by the Court of Cassation. The attack of August 9, 1982 remains attributed to the Fatah-Revolutionary Council of Abu Nidal. Two other suspects are already being prosecuted in this case.Our file on terrorismArrested in September 2025, Mahmoud al-Adra was the subject of international arrest warrants, particularly in Germany. His extradition was mentioned at the end of 2025 by Mahmoud Abbas, in a diplomatic context marked by the recognition of the State of Palestine by France.
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