1996 Paris RER bombing

On 3 December 1996 an IED detonated on the southbound tracks of the Gare de Port-Royal Réseau Express Régional 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)
LocationGare de Port-Royal station in Paris, France
Coordinates48°50′23.55″N 2°20′13.34″E
Date3 December 1996 (1996-12-03)
TargetRER passengers
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponsImprovised explosive device
Deaths4
Injured91
PerpetratorsUnknown, 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]

No group took responsibility for the attack, but the GIA was suspected of being behind the attack.[8] However, unlike this bombing, the group had claimed all the bombings in the campaign.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Subway Bomb In Paris Kills Two". Lodi News-Sentinel. AP. 3 December 1996.
  2. Dahlburg, John-Thor (4 December 1996). "Bomb Planted on Paris Train Kills 2, Hurts 85". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. Paris attack France's deadliest in decades
  4. Whitney, Craig (4 December 1996). "2 Die as Terrorist Bomb Rips Train at a Paris Station". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. name="Nemeth2011">Charles P. Nemeth (23 March 2011). Homeland Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice. CRC Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-4200-8568-6.
  6. "French officials say bomb caused deadly train blast- Dec. 3, 1996". CNN.com. 1996-12-03. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  7. http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/why-france-has-become-the-epicentre-of-terror-attacks-in-europe/news-story/f2871447984f127e0e060ab9f1731d10
  8. 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.
  9. 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.

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