An attack by Palestinian militants on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in 1982 left six people dead. Photo: AP PHOTO

France has welcomed news that a suspect in an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 43 years ago, in which six people were killed and at least 20 others injured, has been detained by Palestinian authorities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot posted on X that the arrest had been made possible by President Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognise an independent Palestinian state on Monday, "enabling us to request extradition".

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