It is an extraordinary file even in the coincidences of the calendar.
On January 27, seventy-six years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the investigative chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal will render a crucial decision in the investigation into the anti-Semitic attack of October 3, 1980 against the Paris synagogue from rue Copernic.
If the dismissal in 2018 in favor of the suspected terrorist Hassan Diab, 67, is confirmed, the case will be closed.
At the cost of a fiasco for the judicial institution, for the victims and for the suspect imprisoned in France from 2014 to 2018. If the dismissal is overturned, he will appear before a special assize court.
This is what the public prosecutor and the civil parties are asking for.
As for Hassan Diab, Canadian of Lebanese origin who returned to his country in 2018, he believes that
"Justice has finally been served".
For his Canadian lawyer, he is
“the Dreyfus of this century”, “a Muslim” who has
become a
“scapegoat”.
Strange end of the journey for one of the oldest files
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