1995 France bombings

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
LocationParis and Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Coordinates48°51′13″N 2°20′42″E / 48.8537°N 2.3449°E / 48.8537; 2.3449
Date25 July–17 October 1995 (1995-10-17)
WeaponsImprovised explosive devices, school bombing
Deaths8
Injured190
PerpetratorArmed Islamic Group
MotiveTo force the French government to withdraw support from the Algerian government during the Algerian Civil War
ConvictedRachid 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]

  1. ^ "Rachid Ramda jugé pour l'ultime procès des attentats de 1995", in Libération, 1 October 2007 read on-line (in French)