Paris, France – Survivor of Tunisian Synagogue Bombing Awarded $3 Million

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    Paris, France – A court Tuesday awarded $3 million dollars in damages to German survivors and relatives of the victims of a 2002 suicide bomb attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba.

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    The explosion of a lorry carrying liquid gas at the La Ghriba synagogue killed 21 people, including 14 German tourists. The attack was carried out by members of the al Qaeda terrorist network.

    In February 2009, a Paris court sentenced a German national, Christian Ganczarski, and Walid Nouar, the brother of the suicide bomber, to 18 years and 12 years in prison, respectively, for their parts in the attack.

    France carried out the investigation into the attack because two French nationals died in the blast.

    It was unclear Tuesday who would pay the damages, since those convicted in the attack have no funds.

    Attorney Judith Adam-Caumeil said that she expected the German government’s Victims’ Compensation Fund to provide the money. If not, she planned to take the case before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

    “It can not be that there are billions for Greece and no money for something like this,” Adam-Caumeil said.


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