Paris court rejects Italy's request to extradite former leftist militants

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds up a portrait of former member of the Red Brigades Marina Petrella with the words 'no to the Extradition' during a protest in Paris July 17, 2008. extradition. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris Court of Appeal said on Wednesday it had rejected Italy's request to extradite several former leftist militants whom the French authorities arrested last year.

The court said in a statement it had thrown out the request for extradition of 10 individuals who were convicted in Italy for acts committed before 1993.