September 1982 Paris car bombing

September 1982 Paris car bombing
Location Rue Cardinet, Paris, France
Date 17 September 1982
3:25 pm
Attack type
 Bombing
Deaths 0
Non-fatal injuries
 51
Perpetrators Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions

On 17 September 1982 a car bomb exploded near Lycée Carnot in Paris, France, injuring 51 people.[1] The attack was claimed by the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (FARL) in the context of anti-Israeli terrorism. The attack was not fatal, though most of the wounded were Carnot students. The bomb exploded in the car of Amos Manel, an Israeli diplomat, a Peugeot 504. The FARL had previously committed the assassinations of American lieutenant colonel Charles Ray in January[2] and that of Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimantov in April, both of whom were shot dead in Paris,[3] amongst other attacks - some of which were done with the assistance of the Action Directe group. The attack also happened on the eve of Rosh Hashanah and a few months after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Principaux attentats et agressions antisémites en France depuis 40 ans". fr.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  2. ↑ "- The Washington Post". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  3. ↑ "ISRAELI DIPLOMAT SHOT AND KILLED IN PARIS". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  4. ↑ "France – Paris – Attentat du lycée Carnot – AfVT – Association française des Victimes du Terrorisme". afvt.org. Retrieved 2018-07-20.

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