Norwegian anti-terror police on Wednesday arrested a suspect linked to a 1982 attack in a Jewish neighbourhood in Paris that left six people dead and 22 injured, police said.

The man was detained in the town of Skien southwest of the capital on an arrest warrant issued by the French authorities, a spokeswoman for the PST anti-terror police said.

"An extradition request has been issued by the French authorities, it will be carefully examined to see if the conditions are met," said Annett Aamodt.

France has spent the past five years asking Norway to extradite Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed, who has lived in the country since 1991, over his suspected role in the attack.

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