1986 Paris police station attack
Part of terrorism in France
Quai de Gesvres in 2012, street of the police station
LocationQuai de Gesvres, Paris, France
Coordinates48°51′25″N 2°20′55″E / 48.8570°N 2.3486°E / 48.8570; 2.3486
Date9 July 1986
4:00 pm
WeaponsIED
Deaths1
Injured22
PerpetratorAction directe

The far-left Direct Action (AD) terror group detonated a bomb at the headquarters of the Brigade de répression du banditisme (BRB) police division in Paris, France, on 9 July 1986. It killed the division's chief inspector, Marcel Basdevant, and injured 22 other officers. The group claimed responsibility two days later.[1][2]

The bomb is thought to have contained 10 kg of explosives and was planted in a restroom on the third floor. It caused major damage to the building, which was still new.[3] Maxime Frérot, a member of Action Directe's Lyon branch, was arrested in 1989 for the attack. He was eventually sentenced to serve 23 years in prison.[4][5]

On the same day, the West German Red Army Faction (which was allied with Direct Action) assassinated Karl Heinz Beckurts in Bavaria.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Universalis, Encyclopædia. "6-21 juillet 1986 - France. Série d'attentats à Paris revendiqués par Action directe - Événement - Encyclopædia Universalis". Encyclopædia Universalis.
  2. ↑ "Les trente ans de bagarre de la brigade antibanditisme". 30 January 2005.
  3. ↑ "la BRB... 40 ans de belles affaires. Mais pas que..." 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "HISTOIRE : Chronique culturelle du 9 juillet". 9 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "30 ans de grands bandits".
  6. ↑ Ciment, James (10 March 2015). World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era. Routledge. ISBN 9781317451518 – via Google Books.
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