Carlos the Jackal Fast Facts

The court found him guilty in all four attacks, and sentenced him to life in prison with possibility of parole after 18 years.
Ramirez, 62, denied any role in the attacks. He sowed fear across Western European and Middle Eastern capitals during the Cold War, with believed links to hijackings and bombings for far-left and Palestinian terror groups.

Ramirez, relishing the rare public attention, kept the court’s attention to the end of the six-week trial, speaking for five hours Thursday in his final testimony.

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