1996 Paris RER bombing

Railway line bombing in Paris 1996 Paris RER bombing Gare de Port-Royal, plaque fleurie attentat 1996.JPG A memorial to the victims (2014) Port-Royal station in Paris, France RER passengers 48 50 23.55 N 2 20 13.34 E 1996 12 3 y Bombing 4 91 Unknown, GIA suspected Improvised explosive device 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:Subway Bomb In Paris Kills Two AP Lodi News-Sentinel 3 December 1996Dahlburg John-Thor Bomb Planted on Paris Train Kills 2, Hurts 85 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-04-mn-5530-story.html 17 November 2015 Los Angeles Times 4 December 1996Paris attack France's deadliest in decadesWhitney Craig 2 Die as Terrorist Bomb Rips Train at a Paris Station https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/04/world/2-die-as-terrorist-bomb-rips-train-at-a-paris-station.html 17 November 2015 The New York Times 4 December 1996 two French citizens, a Moroccan and a Canadian.Charles P. Nemeth Homeland Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice https://books.google.com/books?id=fQTMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA457 23 March 2011 CRC Press 978-1-4200-8568-6 457 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.French officials say bomb caused deadly train blast- Dec. 3, 1996 CNN.com 1996-12-03 http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9612/03/subway.explosion/ 2015-11-18http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/why-france-has-become-the-epicentre-of-terror-attacks-in-europe/news-story/f2871447984f127e0e060ab9f1731d10 Terror has returned to the streets of France 15 July 2016 Jean-Louis Bruguière and Jean-François Ricard were in charge of the bombing file.http://www.justice.gouv.fr/le-ministere-de-la-justice-10017/jean-francois-ricard-a-la-tete-du-parquet-national-antiterroriste-32530.html Jean-François Ricard à la tête du Parquet national antiterroriste justice.gouv.fr 4 July 2019 16 April 2021 17 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210417174447/http://www.justice.gouv.fr/le-ministere-de-la-justice-10017/jean-francois-ricard-a-la-tete-du-parquet-national-antiterroriste-32530.html dead No group took responsibility for the attack, but the GIA was suspected of being behind the attack.Marc Sageman Confronting Al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan and Beyond: Congressional Testimony https://books.google.com/books?id=Tv3xPY4kwUkC October 2010 DIANE Publishing 978-1-4379-2774-0 13 However, unlike this bombing, the group had claimed all the bombings in the campaign.https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/04/world/2-die-as-terrorist-bomb-rips-train-at-a-paris-station.html 2 Die as Terrorist Bomb Rips Train at a Paris Station Whitney Craig R. 1996-12-04 The New York Times 2018-04-13 en-US 0362-4331 See also France 1995 France bombings References 2 48.8399 N 2.3370 E source:wikidata title RER bombing RER bombing Category:1996 murders in France Category:Armed Islamic Group of Algeria 1996 RER bombing Category:Attacks on railway stations in Europe Category:December 1996 crimes Category:December 1996 in France Category:1996 building bombings Category:1996 mass murders 1996 RER bombing Category:Terrorist incidents in France in 1996 Category:Terrorist incidents on railway systems in France Category:Terrorist incidents on subterranean rapid transit Category:20th-century mass murders in France Category:Terrorist incidents during the Algerian Civil War