Tens of thousands of French people march in Paris to protest against antisemitism. Photo: Screenshot

French judges on Thursday ordered a trial for six people in a special terrorism court over an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 43 years ago in which six people were killed and at least 20 others were injured, a judicial source said.

The bombing and shooting assault on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the heart of the Jewish district of the Marais quarter in August 1982 was the deadliest antisemitic attack in France at the time since World War II.

It came amid a wave of violence involving Palestinian terrorists. There has been no previous trial related to the case.

Earlier this month, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) had requested the trial of Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed, suspected of being one of the gunmen behind the attack and detained in France since the end of 2020.

Arrest warrants for the suspects have been issued, although in the case of four of them it is not known whether they are currently in France. No date has been set for the trial as the suspects have 10 days to appeal.