1984 Châteaubriant shooting

Mass shooting in Châteaubriant, France January 2024 1984 Châteaubriant shooting France # France Loire-Atlantique center Châteaubriant 47.7178 N 1.375 W inline,title 17 rue de CouéréChâteaubriant, Loire-Atlantique, France 1984 11 11 y 6:00 p.m. GMT+1 Mass shooting, far-right terrorism 2 5 Frédéric Boulay Remington pump-action shotgun Anti-Turkish sentiment On 11 November 1984, a mass shooting occurred in Châteaubriant, France. 23-year-old far-right extremist Frédéric Boulay opened fire on Turkish migrant workers, killing two people and wounding five others before being apprehended. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1985. Background In the years before the attack, France shifted to the right politically. In the 1983 municipal elections, the far-right National Front defeated the left-wing coalition of the Socialist and Communist parties.Birch Jonah 2015-08-19 The Many Lives of François Mitterrand https://jacobin.com/2015/08/francois-mitterrand-socialist-party-common-program-communist-pcf-1981-elections-austerity/ 2024-01-22 Jacobin en-US 17 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240117232723/https://jacobin.com/2015/08/francois-mitterrand-socialist-party-common-program-communist-pcf-1981-elections-austerity/ live Several crimes had occurred against minorities, such as the 1983 murder of Habib Grimzi.Liban Laurence 2008-10-23 Un train pour l'enfer A train to hell https://www.lexpress.fr/societe/region/un-train-pour-l-enfer_636549.html 2024-01-22 L'Express fr 8 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208190032/https://www.lexpress.fr/societe/region/un-train-pour-l-enfer_636549.html live A small group of Turks had lived and worked in Châteaubriant for around ten years before the shooting, constituting a group of 300 people.Durand-Souffland JM 1984-11-16 Les silences de Frédéric Boulay The silences of Frédéric Boulay https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1984/11/16/les-silences-de-frederic-boulay_3018674_1819218.html 2024-01-22 Le Monde fr 15 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210415100003/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1984/11/16/les-silences-de-frederic-boulay_3018674_1819218.html live They were employed at the Huard foundry, which manufactured agricultural equipment. They were discriminated against by the population, and only two cafés accepted them as customers: the Huard foundry café and a café on rue de Couéré, opened by Turk Memduh Gürsoy in 1983. Shooting On 11 November 1984, at 17 rue de Couéré in the town center of Châteaubriant, fifteen Turkish workers met at Memduh Gürsoy's café to have tea and play cards.2014-11-12 Deux turcs tués il y a trente ans, Châteaubriant se souvient Two Turks killed thirty years ago, Châteaubriant remembers https://www.paysdechateaubriant.fr/Deux-turcs-tues-il-y-a-trente-ans-Chateaubriant-se-souvient_a9017.html 2024-01-22 Chateaubriant Actualités fr-FR 2 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193107/https://www.paysdechateaubriant.fr/Deux-turcs-tues-il-y-a-trente-ans-Chateaubriant-se-souvient_a9017.html live Bezannier Jérôme 2014-11-11 L'hommage aux deux Turcs tués le 11 novembre 1984 Homage to the two killed Turks https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/chateaubriant-44110/lhommage-aux-deux-turcs-tues-le-11-novembre-1984-2973395 2024-01-22 Ouest-France fr 8 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208185932/https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/chateaubriant-44110/lhommage-aux-deux-turcs-tues-le-11-novembre-1984-2973395 live At 6:00 p.m., Frédéric Boulay stood in front of the café, armed with a Remington pump-action shotgun and 20 cartridges designed for wild boar hunting. He fired seven shots toward the workers from the street; after the first shot, they used a table as protection from the gunfire, while some crawled on their stomachs in an attempt to take cover in the restroom. Boulay adjusted his aim towards the workers and continued firing, killing 40-year-old Salih Kaynar and 38-year-old Abdullah Yildiz. Five other diners were wounded.Romano José Féron Les Droits de l'homme 2015-10-09 Hachette 978-2-01-461764-1 221 fr Human Rights Two patrolling gendarmes discovered Boulay reloading his weapon with bullets he had placed in a bag on his motorcycle, parked on the nearby rue de la Coquerie. After questioning him, they took Boulay into custody.2014-11-11 Châteaubriant honore la mémoire de deux Turcs tués Châteaubriant honors the memory of two Turks killed https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/chateaubriant-honore-la-memoire-de-deux-turcs-tues-2974474 2024-01-22 Ouest-France fr 6 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230106215618/https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/chateaubriant-honore-la-memoire-de-deux-turcs-tues-2974474 live 1984-11-14 Manifestations a Châteaubriant Demonstrations in Châteaubriant https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1984/11/14/manifestations-a-chateaubriant_3016901_1819218.html 2024-01-22 Le Monde fr 15 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210415095947/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1984/11/14/manifestations-a-chateaubriant_3016901_1819218.html live Reactions On 12 November, a large crowd gathered in front of the café to pay tribute to the victims. Châteaubriant's then-deputy mayor, Xavier Hunault, convened a municipal council that assured its support for the Turkish community. On 14 November, a thousand high school students and many Huard employees gathered in the city center to demonstrate. That same day, another thousand people convened in Nantes at the behest of the anti-racist organization MRAP. Perpetrator Frédéric Boulay, a 23-year-old butter factory worker who resided in Martigné-Ferchaud, was charged with murder and attempted murder. Although his brother-in-law was Tunisian, he followed Nazism and admired Adolf Hitler.Théolleyre Jean Marc 1985-09-26 La logique vertigineuse de Frédéric Boulay tueur par racisme proclamé The dizzying logic of Frédéric Boulay, a killer through proclaimed racism https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1985/09/26/la-logique-vertigineuse-de-frederic-boulay-tueur-par-racisme-proclame_2740938_1819218.html 2024-01-22 Le Monde fr 8 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208185936/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1985/09/26/la-logique-vertigineuse-de-frederic-boulay-tueur-par-racisme-proclame_2740938_1819218.html live On 10 November 1984, the day before the shooting, Boulay said that he listened to a speech by National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. Legal proceedings On 28 September 1985, Boulay pleaded guilty in the Loire-Atlantique Cour d'assises. He stated that he did not regret his crimes and that "France may be a land of asylum, but it is not a dumping ground. I believe that I have served my country." He also said that he loathed foreigners for holding jobs despite his unemployment.November 1984 L'immigration turque entre deux feux Info Turk 1–2 He was sentenced to life imprisonment after thirty minutes of deliberation. A Le Monde journalist described Boulay's attitude as "indifferent and haughty." The prosecutor stated that his character contained the "shame of us all."Abdallah Mogniss H. 2017-11-17 21 mars 1984, les mères de la place Vendôme contre les crimes racistes et sécuritaires March 21, 1984, the mothers of Place Vendôme against racist and security crimes https://paris-luttes.info/21-mars-1984-les-meres-de-la-place-9009 Paris-Luttes Info 22 January 2024 21 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200321185944/https://paris-luttes.info/21-mars-1984-les-meres-de-la-place-9009 live Before the judge, Boulay stated, "today this country is putting me in prison, but everything can change. In five or six years, there will be an extreme right regime where foreigners will rule the roost." Escape After being transferred to Lannemezan prison in southern France, Boulay escaped prison in November 1989.January 1992 La grande évasion en procès http://archivesautonomies.org/IMG/pdf/anticarcerale/copel/copel-n28.pdf 2024-01-22 Rebelles 15 5 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231105115919/https://archivesautonomies.org/IMG/pdf/anticarcerale/copel/copel-n28.pdf live He escaped justice for three months before being arrested in Grabels for planning a robbery. One year later, he escaped prison by helicopter with four accomplices.Huet Bruno 2002-08-13 Bernadette Garcia revient en France Bernadette Garcia returns to France https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2002/08/13/350761-bernadette-garcia-revient-en-france.html 2024-01-22 ladepeche.fr fr 12 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412072031/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2002/08/13/350761-bernadette-garcia-revient-en-france.html live Aged 28, he was apprehended in Zaragoza on 6 November 1990.2002-09-18 L'hélicoptère au mitard The helicopter in the mitard https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2002/09/18/353928-l-helicoptere-au-mitard.html 2024-01-22 ladepeche.fr fr 12 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412072252/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2002/09/18/353928-l-helicoptere-au-mitard.html live Memorials A commemorative plaque is placed at the site of the shooting. On the 30th anniversary of the shooting, a remembrance ceremony took place. 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