Canada professor convicted in absentia gets renewed attention from right over 1980 Paris attack

Hassan Diab fears shifting political winds in Canada could lead to extradition fight after Musk shares post about him

Until recently, Hassan Diab's life in Ottawa had begun to settle back into a quiet suburban routine: spending his days teaching sociology part time at Carleton University, taking his two youngest children to the park to play football, or going for an afternoon swim.

It had been well over a year since he was convicted in absentia for carrying out a deadly bomb attack on a Paris synagogue in 1980, and the media attention had largely quieted down. He was trying to move on with his life.