16 November 2014

Bomber


Sam Frizell has a Time article about a bad guy en route to France for trial:
A Canadian university professor has been extradited to France and charged with first-degree murder for his alleged role in a deadly 1980 bombing outside a synagogue in Paris.
Hassan Diab (photo, above) landed at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris, the BBC reports, and was transferred to a Paris courthouse to face charges.
Diab, who was born in Lebanon, is the main suspect in the 1980 Rue Copernic bombing (photo, below) which killed four people and injured dozens. Diab fought for six years to remain in Canada until the Canadian Supreme Court approved his extradition on Thursday.
The sixty-year-old sociology professor said his failed bid was “a very sad day for me, my family and supporters, and the state of extradition law in Canada.” Diab will be presumed innocent until proven guilty, the French embassy in Ottawa, Canada said.

The BBC has more:
A Canadian academic accused of a deadly 1980 bombing outside a synagogue in Paris has arrived in France after losing an extradition battle. University professor Hassan Diab landed at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris on Saturday morning, reports say. He will next be transferred to a Paris courthouse to hear the charges against him.
Lebanese-born Diab is the main suspect in the bombing on Rue Copernic (photo, above), which killed four people. He had fought for six years to stay in Canada, but his extradition was approved by Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday.
In a statement, the sixty-year-old said his failed legal bid was "a very sad day for me, my family and supporters, and the state of extradition law in Canada".
Supporters say the sociology professor is not guilty of the bombing and could be convicted on tainted evidence, but the French embassy in Ottawa said Diab will be presumed innocent.
Canadian police arrested him in 2008 in response to a request from France.
Rico says he'll be presumed guilty by Rico, if not the French...

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