Target Métro passengers Non-fatal injuries 170 Total number of deaths 4 | Attack type Bombing Date 3 December 1996 | |
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Location Gare de Port-Royal station in Paris, France Weapons Improvised explosive device Perpetrators Armed Islamic Group of Algeria Perpetrator Armed Islamic Group of Algeria Similar 1995 Paris Métro and RER bom, 1980 Paris synagogue bombing, Goldenberg restaurant attack, 2015 Saint‑Quentin‑Fallavier attack, Toulouse and Montaub | ||
On 3 December 1996 an IED blew up on the southbound tracks of the Gare de Port-Royal station in Paris, France. 4 people were killed. The casualties included two French citizens, a Moroccan and a Canadian.
Following the bombing French officials activated the "Vigipirate" nationwide security plan drawn up a year earlier in the wake of a series of bombings in France. The plan included police and army patrols in sensitive public areas and spot checks across the country.
The Armed Islamic Group of Algeria was suspected of being behind the attack which followed a series of terror attacks by the group in France in 1995.
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