| 1995 France bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of Algerian Civil War (spillover) Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
 Plaque commemorating the victims of the Saint-Michel station bombing on 25 July 1995 | |
| Location | Paris and Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′13″N 2°20′42″E / 48.8537°N 2.3449°E |
| Date | 25 July–17 October 1995 |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive devices, school bombing |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Injured | 190 |
| Perpetrator | Armed Islamic Group |
| Motive | To force the French government to withdraw support from the Algerian government during the Algerian Civil War |
| Convicted | Rachid Ramda |
A series of attacks targeted public transport systems in Paris and Lyon, as well as a school in Villeurbanne, in 1995. They were carried out by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA), who sought to expand the Algerian Civil War to France. The attacks killed eight people, all during the first attack on 25 July. The attack also injured 190 people.
The assassination of Abdelbaki Sahraoui, a co-founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), was a prelude to the extension of the Islamists' terrorist campaign in France.[1]
- ^ "Rachid Ramda jugé pour l'ultime procès des attentats de 1995", in Libération, 1 October 2007 read on-line (in French)