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Communist Combatant Cells

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Active region(s)
  
Belgium

Status
  
Inactive

Ideology
  
Marxist-Leninist

Communist Combatant Cells

Leader(s)
  
Pierre Carette and Bertrand Sassoye

Dates of operation
  
1983 (1983)–January 1986 (1986-01)

Major actions
  
Attacks on property and international organisation

Cellules Communistes Combattantes (CCC; Communist Combatant Cells) was a Belgian terrorist organization committed to a Communist ideology.

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The cells were active for less than two years in the mid-1980s; primarily engaged in bombings within Belgium's borders. CCC attacked perceived enemies of communism, specifically NATO, US and other international businesses and the Federation of Belgian Enterprises. The Cellules Communistes Combattantes primarily targeted property rather than human representatives of capitalism, NATO, etc., and warned authorities ahead of an attack. Nevertheless, CCC bombings led to several injuries and two deaths. In December 1985, police arrested CCC leader and founder Pierre Carette and others, in an American-styled burger restaurant.

Carette's conviction on 14 January 1986 essentially eliminated the CCC. The Cellules Communistes Combattantes has not been active since 1985.

Pierre Carette was released from prison in February 2003. In 2008, Pierre Carette and Bertrand Sassoye were arrested again on parole violations and connections to the Italian terrorist group Partito Comunista Politico-Militare, but they were released by the court a few days later, on 18 June.

Convicted members

  • Pierre Carette
  • Bertrand Sassoye
  • Pascale Vandegeerde
  • Didier Chevolet
  • Didier Sampieri

    • Attacks

  • 2 October 1984 - attack against the American company Litton Industries in Evere, on the 2nd anniversary of the Litton Industries bombing in Canada
  • 3 October 1984 - attack on the German company MAN AG in Groot-Bijgaarden
  • 8 October 1984 - attack on the American company Honeywell in Evere
  • 15 October 1984 - attack on the Paul Hymans institute (a liberal organization in Ixelles)
  • 17 October 1984 - attack on the CVP party bureau in Ghent
  • 26 October 1985 - attack on the Belgian military base in Bierset
  • 11 December 1984 - attack on NATO pipelines in Estival, Gages, Gastuche, Glaaien and Itter
  • 15 January 1985 - attack on a NATO/SHAPE support group in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
  • 1 May 1985 - attack on the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, killing two firemen and wounding 13 others
  • 6 May 1985 - attack on the Belgian police in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
  • 8 October 1985 - attack on the Belgian company Sibelgaz in Laeken
  • 12 October 1985 - attack on the Belgian company Fabrimetal in Charleroi
  • 4 November 1985 - attack on the Belgian company BBL in Etterbeek
  • 4 November 1985 - attack on the American company Manufacturers Hanover Corporation
  • 4 November 1985 - attack on the Belgian company Generale Bank in Charleroi
  • 5 November 1985 - attack on the Belgian company KB Bank in Leuven
  • 5 November 1985 - attack on the American company Motorola in Watermael-Boitsfort
  • 4 December 1985 - attack on the American company Bank of America in Antwerp
  • 6 December 1985 - attack on a NATO pipeline in Wortegem-Petegem

    • References

    Communist Combatant Cells Wikipedia
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