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Argentina seeks arrest of 4 Lebanese suspects in 1994 truck bombing of AMIA Jewish centre

Suspects are ’employees or operational agents’ of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, it is understood

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Picture released by Noticias Argentinas showing people holding pictures of victims of the 1994 bombing attack against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center that killed 85 people and injured 300, during the commemoration of the attack's 24th anniversary, in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2018. (Photo by Hugo Villalobos / NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS / AFP) / Argentina OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NA / HUGO VILLALOBOS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo credit should read HUGO VILLALOBOS/AFP via Getty Images)

Argentinian judges have demanded the arrest of four Lebanese men suspected of being involved in a 1994 bombing on a Jewish centre.

The 1994 truck bomb attack on a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires killed 85 people.

Judges in the South American country have sent arrest warrants to Interpol for the four individuals.

Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas said he believed three of the four suspects were living in neighbouring Paraguay or Brazil.

Refecas previously requested the arrest of a senior Iranian official accused of playing a central role in the attack.

He told CNN he suspects the four men worked with the armed wing of Hezbollah.

It is understood the four suspects are accused of playing a "secondary" logistical role in the bombing, allegedly helping attackers enter the country months earlier. 

Argentine courts have claimed Iran was responsible for the attack. However, no one has been brought to trial in either that case or a deadly 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. 

Iran denies playing a role in either attack.

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