1996 Paris RER bombing
Railway line bombing in Paris
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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]
Port-Royal station in Paris, France
| 1996 Paris RER bombing | |
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A memorial to the victims (2014) | |
| Location | 48°50′23.55″N 2°20′13.34″E Port-Royal station in Paris, France |
| 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]
