1995 French consulate bombing in Perth

French Consulate firebombing in Perth
LocationColin Street,West Perth, Western Australia
Date17 June 1995
4:40 a.m. (AWST)
Attack type
Arson, eco-terrorism
WeaponsTwo Molotov cocktails
Deaths0
Injured0
PerpetratorsBosco Boscovich
Maya Catts
MotiveOpposition to France's nuclear testing

On 17 June 1995, the French Consulate in Colin Street, West Perth, Western Australia was firebombed and destroyed. The act was a violent protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Within six months, two individuals identifying as the previously unknown Pacific Popular Front were arrested and convicted of wilful and unlawful damage.