'Carlos the Jackal' jailed over 1974 Paris grenade attack

  28 March 2017    Read: 1725
'Carlos the Jackal' jailed over 1974 Paris grenade attack
Terrorist "Carlos the Jackal" has been jailed for life for a third time over a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping centre.
Five judges found Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez guilty of throwing a grenade into an arcade, killing two people and injuring 32.

"Carlos" is already serving two life sentences in France for murders and attacks carried out on behalf of the Palestinian cause or of communist revolution in the 1970s and 80s.

As Tuesday's hearing drew to a close, the 67-year-old denounced "an absurd trial" for a 42-year-old crime.

Carlos had denied involvement, saying there was no proof against him.

/Sky news/

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