French Consulate firebombing in Perth | |
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Location | Colin Street,West Perth, Western Australia |
Date | 17 June 1995 4:40 a.m. (AWST) |
Attack type | Arson, eco-terrorism |
Weapons | Two Molotov cocktails |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrators | Bosco Boscovich Maya Catts |
Motive | Opposition 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.