1988 Cannes and Nice attacks

Anti-immigrant attack 1988 Cannes and Nice attacks Alpes-Maritimes-Position.svg Cannes and Nice, France French Muslim immigrants 1988 05 09 1988 12 19 Terrorist bombings 1 16 French and European Nationalist Party Islamophobia, antisemitism, and anti-immigrant sentiment The 1988 Cannes and Nice attacks were two bombings carried out by neo-Nazis posing as Jewish extremists, targeting Sonacotra fr Adoma immigrant hostels. One person was killed and sixteen others were injured. Attacks On 9 May 1988, a Sonacotra hostel in Cannes that was frequented by North African immigrants was bombed with a gas bottle, injuring four people.http://www.start.umd.edu/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4125 Terrorist Organization Profile: Masada, Action and Defense Movement MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base 25 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403024724/http://www.start.umd.edu/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4125 3 April 2015 dead2 April 1990 Quatres Policiers Revoques Four Police Officers Dismissed https://www.humanite.fr/-/-/quatre-policiers-revoques live https://web.archive.org/web/20240223014653/https://www.humanite.fr/-/-/quatre-policiers-revoques 23 February 2024 L'Humanité fr On December 19 of the same year, two firebombs exploded in a hostel for North African immigrant workers in Cagnes-sur-Mer, a suburb of Nice. In the subsequent panic as tenants evacuated, a third bomb exploded near one of the building's exits.FRANCE – Attentat dans un foyer Sonacotra (Cagnes-sur-Mer) FRANCE – Attack in a Sonacotra home (Cagnes-sur-Mer) https://www.afvt.org/12225-2/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20231203214453/https://www.afvt.org/12225-2/ 3 December 2023 AFVT fr The attack injured twelve people and killed one.Greenhouse Steven Immigrant Hostel Bombed in France https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/20/world/immigrant-hostel-bombed-in-france.html 20 October 2014 The New York Times 20 December 1988 20 December 1988 Blasts Wreck Immigrant Home in France; 1 Dead https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-20-mn-400-story.html 20 October 2014 Los Angeles Times Associated Press Although police spokesmen reported that most of the residents in the building in Cagnes-sur-Mer were Tunisian, the lone fatality was George Iordachescu, a Romanian exile.20 March 2012 TIMELINE - Attacks on Jews, Muslims in France since 1980 https://www.reuters.com/article/france-shooting-attacks-idAFL6E8EK6OY20120320 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200217175800/https://www.reuters.com/article/france-shooting-attacks-idAFL6E8EK6OY20120320/ 17 February 2020 20 October 2012 Reuters Perpetrator In an attempt to frame Jewish extremists for the Cagnes-sur-Mer bombing, the terrorists left anti-Muslim leaflets bearing Stars of David and calling themselves the Masada Action and Defense Movement (fr Mouvement d'Action et Défense Massada). It also contained the message "To destroy Israel, Islam has chosen the sword. For this choice, Islam will perish." The Zionist moniker turned out to be a false flag, and in January 1989, 18 members of the neo-Nazi French and European Nationalist Party (PFNE) were arrested for the bombings,Ford Glyn Glyn Ford Report Drawn Up on Behalf of the Committee of Inquiry Into Racism and Xenophobia on the Findings of the Committee of Inquiry Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 1991 9789282302804 29-30 which had been intended to provoke tensions between Arabs and Jews in France. They were also suspected of another bombing attack in Paris against the offices of the Le Globe newspaper on 31 July 1988. Four police officers from the Fédération professionnelle indépendante de la police (FPIP) union, Patrick Reynes, Daniel Lenoir, Philippe Caplain and Daniel Sirizzotti, were also charged with criminal conspiracy in 1990. They were also thought to have been members of the PNFE. In 1991, Nicolas Gouge was sentenced to 18 years in prison, and his accomplices Philippe Lombardo, Georges Cassar and Serge Bayoni, were sentenced to 14, 12 and 8 years in prison respectively. The group's leader Gilbert Hervochon, was acquitted from a prison sentence but was sentenced on 15 October to four years in detention for criminal conspiracy. See also False Flag References Category:1988 murders in France Category:Antisemitism in France Category:Murder in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Category:Anti-Muslim violence in France Category:Attacks on hotels in France Category:Neo-fascist terrorist incidents in France Category:False flag operations Category:Anti-Arabism in France Category:May 1988 in Europe Category:December 1988 in Europe Category:Terrorist incidents in France in 1988 Category:Right-wing terrorist incidents in the 1980s Category:Building bombings in France Category:Hotel bombings in Europe Category:Terrorist incidents in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Category:1988 building bombings Category:Jews and Judaism in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Category:Neo-Nazism in France Category:20th century in Nice Category:History of Cannes