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Carlos the Jackal to face fresh trial in France over grenade attack Carlos the Jackal to face fresh trial in France over grenade attack
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Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most-wanted militants, will face a fresh trial for a 1974 grenade attack in Paris that killed two people and injured 34, sources close to the investigation have said.Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most-wanted militants, will face a fresh trial for a 1974 grenade attack in Paris that killed two people and injured 34, sources close to the investigation have said.
The 64-year-old Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, has been in prison in France since 1994 after he was arrested in Sudan. He was transferred to France where he was wanted over a series of attacks and murders.The 64-year-old Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, has been in prison in France since 1994 after he was arrested in Sudan. He was transferred to France where he was wanted over a series of attacks and murders.
In 1997, he received his first life sentence for the murder of a civilian and two policemen more than two decades earlier.In 1997, he received his first life sentence for the murder of a civilian and two policemen more than two decades earlier.
Then in 2011 he was found guilty of masterminding attacks on two French passenger trains in 1982 and 1983, a train station in Marseille and a Libyan magazine office in Paris. He was given another life sentence for his role in the attacks that left 11 people dead and nearly 150 injured. In 2011, Ramírez was found guilty of masterminding attacks on two French passenger trains in 1982 and 1983, a train station in Marseille and a Libyan magazine office in Paris. He was given another life sentence for his role in the attacks that left 11 people dead and nearly 150 injured.
But he has denied any involvement and during his appeal he said that the evidence against him gathered from intelligence files was unreliable.But he has denied any involvement and during his appeal he said that the evidence against him gathered from intelligence files was unreliable.
On Friday, an anti-terrorism judge decided to send him to a special court in Paris to face charges of premeditated murder for his alleged role in a 1974 grenade attack on a pharmacy in an upmarket district of Paris. On Friday, an anti-terrorism judge decided to send him to a special court in Paris to face charges of premeditated murder for his alleged role in a 1974 grenade attack on a pharmacy in an upmarket district of the French captial.
Ramírez was still little-known at the time but rose to international prominence a year later when his commando group burst into the conference room where ministers from the powerful Opec oil cartel were meeting in Vienna, taking 11 people hostage.Ramírez was still little-known at the time but rose to international prominence a year later when his commando group burst into the conference room where ministers from the powerful Opec oil cartel were meeting in Vienna, taking 11 people hostage.