Lebanese-Canadian academic convicted of Paris synagogue bombing in 1980

The bomb killed four people and wounded 46. (Remy de la Mauviniere/AP)

A Lebanese-Canadian academic has been convicted in absentia of terrorism charges and sentenced to life in prison over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four and wounded 46.

The court in the French capital issued an arrest warrant for Hassan Diab, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, and denies wrongdoing.