Suspects in 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires Jewish community centre to be tried in absentia

Trial is an attempt ‘to uncover the truth’ behind the deadliest attack in Argentinian history, says judge

A judge in Argentina has ordered the trial in absentia of 10 Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people.

The attack, which caused devastation in Latin America’s biggest Jewish community, has never been claimed or solved, but Argentina and Israel have long suspected Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah group of carrying it out at Iran’s request.