On 3 December 1996 an IED detonated on the southbound tracks of the Port-Royal Réseau Express Régional (RER) station in Paris, France. Four people were killed in the bombing:[1][2][3][4] two French citizens, a Moroccan and a Canadian.[5]
| 1996 Paris RER bombing | |
|---|---|
 A memorial to the victims (2014) | |
| Location | Port-Royal station in Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°50′23.55″N 2°20′13.34″E / 48.8398750°N 2.3370389°E |
| Date | 3 December 1996 |
| Target | RER passengers |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 91 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown, GIA suspected |
Following the bombing, French officials activated the "Vigipirate" nationwide security plan drawn up a year earlier in the wake of a series of bombings by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA). The plan included police and army patrols in sensitive public areas and spot checks across the country.[6][7]
Jean-Louis Bruguière and Jean-François Ricard were in charge of the bombing file.[8] No group took responsibility for the attack, but the GIA was suspected of being behind the attack.[9] However, unlike this bombing, the group had claimed all the bombings in the campaign.[10]
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References
edit- ^ "Subway Bomb In Paris Kills Two". Lodi News-Sentinel. AP. 3 December 1996.
- ^ Dahlburg, John-Thor (4 December 1996). "Bomb Planted on Paris Train Kills 2, Hurts 85". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Paris attack France's deadliest in decades
- ^ Whitney, Craig (4 December 1996). "2 Die as Terrorist Bomb Rips Train at a Paris Station". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Charles P. Nemeth (23 March 2011). Homeland Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice. CRC Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-4200-8568-6.
- ^ "French officials say bomb caused deadly train blast- Dec. 3, 1996". CNN.com. 1996-12-03. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ^ "Terror has returned to the streets of France". 15 July 2016.
- ^ "Jean-François Ricard à la tête du Parquet national antiterroriste". justice.gouv.fr. 4 July 2019.
- ^ Marc Sageman (October 2010). Confronting Al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan and Beyond: Congressional Testimony. DIANE Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4379-2774-0.
- ^ Whitney, Craig R. (1996-12-04). "2 Die as Terrorist Bomb Rips Train at a Paris Station". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-13.