Incident Date:
December 03, 1996
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Paris France
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Subway)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 4 fatalities, 90 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/03/1996: An explosion occurred in the carriage of a train in the Regional Express Underground Railway at Port Royal Station in Paris. Approximately 90 people were injured in the attack while four were killed, including two Moroccan men, a Canadian woman, and a French man. No group claimed responsibility, however the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) was responsible for a similar bombing in July 1995."
References: 1) RAND
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