Rue des Rosiers in Paris (illustrative image).
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JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP
Norway authorizes the extradition of a suspect in the Rue des Rosiers bombing to France, according to Norwegian intelligence (PST).
This decision, not open to appeal, must be executed within ten days.
Walid Abdulrahman Abou Zayed, also known as Osman in Norway, is wanted by French justice for his alleged participation in the attack that left six dead and 22 injured in the historic Jewish quarter of the French capital.
Complaint rejected
A Palestinian naturalized Norwegian in 1997, the suspect opposed his extradition to France, claiming his innocence.
Validated by all judicial levels in the Nordic country, it still had to receive the green light from the Norwegian government.
“Osman's complaint was examined by the Council of Ministers meeting before the King.
It was rejected, ”Annett Aamodt, spokesperson for the PST, told AFP.
"The Ministry of Justice has ordered that the extradition be carried out under an agreement between the Norwegian and French police and the decision must be executed within ten days," she added.
On August 9, 1982, a commando group of three to five men threw a grenade into the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the “Pletzl”, a historic Jewish quarter in Paris, then opened fire in the establishment and against passers-by.
The operation was quickly attributed to the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-CR) of Abu Nidal, a Palestinian dissident group of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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