Suspects in Tunisia Terror Attack Arrested
Police in Paris have arrested a 36-year-old German suspected of involvement in the April 2002 terrorist attack on a synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, which killed 21 people. Christian Ganczarski is thought to be an accomplice to Karim Mehdi, a 34-year-old Moroccan who was also arrested on charges of terrorism and is believed to have ties to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda terror network. Though Ganczarski was detained on Monday, French authorities first announced the arrest on Friday. Ganczarski came under the focus of investigators after it was discovered he had received a call from suicide bomber Nizar Nawar shortly before the bombing near a synagogue on the island of Djerba. Police searching Ganczarski's home also discovered the phone number of Mounir el Motassadeq, who was convicted as an accomplice to the Hamburg terror cell responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks in February. Ganczarski was detained briefly in 2002 but then released for insufficient evidence. Investigators believe the two men could help them link the Djerba attack to al Qaeda.