Canadian professor convicted in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing

Destroyed vehicles and damabe on the building are seen at the scene after the bombing of the Copernic street synagogue in Paris, Oct. 3, 1980. [AP Photo]

A Paris court convicted a Lebanese-Canadian professor in absentia on terrorism charges Friday and sentenced him to life in prison over a deadly Paris synagogue bombing in 1980 that was for decades one of France's biggest unsolved crimes.

The court issued an arrest warrant for suspect Hassan Diab, who lives and teaches in Ottawa, Canada, and denies wrongdoing. He was convicted of terrorist murder for an attack that killed four and wounded 46.