France asks Lebanon to question two suspects in 1983 bombing that targeted French troops

While a French trooper stands guard, an earth mover constructs a block of a street to beef up security near French paratroop command two days after it was attacked by a terrorist bomb, in Beirut, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1983. © Azakir, AP

French authorities have asked Lebanese prosecutors to detain two people suspected of involvement in a 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed dozens of French troops, Lebanese judicial officials said Wednesday.

It is highly unlikely that Lebanese authorities will detain the suspects nearly 40 years after the attacks. Neither has ever been taken into custody.