A French court Thursday sentenced notorious Venezuelan militant Carlos the Jackal to life in prison, with a minimum of 18 years before possible parole, for four deadly attacks in France in the 1980s.

The court handed down the maximum sentence, which had been requested by French prosecutors who urged the court to find Carlos Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, 62, guilty of the bombings that killed 11 people and left nearly 150 injured.