Argentina To Try 10 In Absentia Over 1994 Bombing Of Jewish Center

A Buenos Aires mural in honor of the 85 dead and more than 300 wounded in an 1994 attack on the Jewish community center of the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA) (Credit: AFP)

Argentina will try in absentia ten Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, a ruling seen by AFP on Thursday said.

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.