--- description: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, nicknamed Carlos the Jackal, is to be tried for a 1974 grenade attack in Paris that killed two people and injured 34. title: Carlos the Jackal Faces Third Trial image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06baef0ef213bdfa/69875f3a35ba6f1059c0449a/454443011.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Carlos the Jackal Will Be Put on Trial for a 1974 Grenade Attack in Paris by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 7:28 AM CUT  Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, right, a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal, arrives at the Criminal Court of the Palais de Justice in Paris on Dec. 9, 2013 Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, right, a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal, arrives at the Criminal Court of the Palais de Justice in Paris on Dec. 9, 2013Bertrand Guay—AFP/Getty Images by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 7:28 AM CUT Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, nicknamed Carlos the Jackal, is to be tried for a 1974 grenade attack in Paris that killed two people and injured 34, the _Guardian_ [reports](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/07/carlos-the-jackal-new-trial-france-grenade-attack "undefined"). The notorious Marxist terrorist from Venezuela, who was convicted of a series of attacks on French civilians in the 1980s, is already serving two life sentences in a French prison for several high-profile murders. One sentence, handed down in 1997, is for the murder of a civilian and two policemen. The other, announced in 2011, is for organizing a series of attacks in the 1980s on two French passenger trains, a train station in Marseille, and a Libyan magazine office in Paris. The attacks killed 11 people in total and injured about 150. Ramírez has denied involvement in the attacks. On Friday, a source told the _Guardian_ that a French judge was planning to send Ramírez, 64, to a special court in the French capital, where he will get a third trial, this time on charges related to a 1974 grenade attack at a Parisian drugstore. \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/07/carlos-the-jackal-new-trial-france-grenade-attack "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3480127/carlos-the-jackal-ilich-ramirez-sanche-third-trial-france/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3480127/carlos-the-jackal-ilich-ramirez-sanche-third-trial-france/"},"headline":"Carlos the Jackal Will Be Put on Trial for a 1974 Grenade Attack in Paris","datePublished":"2014-10-08T07:28:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:38:57.419Z","description":"The convicted terrorist is already serving two life sentences for a series of killings in France in the 1980s","url":"https://time.com/3480127/carlos-the-jackal-ilich-ramirez-sanche-third-trial-france/","keywords":["Venezuela","France"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06baef0ef213bdfa/69875f3a35ba6f1059c0449a/454443011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06baef0ef213bdfa/69875f3a35ba6f1059c0449a/454443011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-VENEZUELA-TRIAL-CARLOS","caption":"FRANCE-VENEZUELA-TRIAL-CARLOS","creditText":"Bertrand Guay—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3480127/carlos-the-jackal-ilich-ramirez-sanche-third-trial-france/","name":"Carlos the Jackal Will Be Put on Trial for a 1974 Grenade Attack in Paris"}}]}] ```