Alfortville ( French pronunciation: [alfɔʁvil] ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from the center of Paris .
6-607: A hit-team headed bomb attack was undertaken at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Alfortville , France by Grey Wolves member Abdullah Çatlı and paid for by Turkey's National Intelligence Organization . It occurred on 3 May 1984, in a heavily Armenian populated district. The target chosen for the attack was a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide on the rue Étienne Dolet which
12-655: The bombing of the Armenian Cultural Center in Alfortville in 1983. A second attack occurred during the evening of 13 April 2002; three unknown assailants threw three molotov cocktails at the monument, causing serious damage. The attack occurred within days of the 87th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. An investigation was launched by the local Alfortville police but the assailants were never caught. Alfortville The commune of Alfortville
18-519: The city, is an important place for the Armenian community. There are streets named after Komitas Vartabed , Missak Manouchian , and the city of Yerevan. A roundabout has recently been named Place d'Achtarak after the Armenian city Ashtarak . After military clashes in the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops resumed in 2020, the city council of Alfortville unanimously voted to support
24-786: Was also the secretary of state for public security, condemned the attack. Jean Poperen , who was the national secretary for the Socialist Party of France , also condemned the attack and expressed his solidarity with the Armenians of France . An investigation was begun immediately after the attack. It was later reported by one newspaper that the attack was operated by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization or MİT. The memorial bombing came after several bombings that occurred against Armenian institutions and monuments throughout France, such as
30-429: Was created on 1 April 1885 from part of the commune of Maisons-Alfort . Alfortville is served by two stations on Paris RER D : Maisons-Alfort–Alfortville and Le Vert de Maisons . Alfortville is located at only 500 meters from the metro station École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort on Paris Métro Line 8 . The Armenian community of Alfortville is very significant. The Armenian Apostolic Church , located south of
36-455: Was inaugurated on 24 April 1984, the 69th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The Turkish press denounced the monument as a "monument of hate". About a week after the inauguration, three bombs were reported to have exploded on 3 May 1984, resulting in thirteen injuries, two of them serious. The monument, made of Khachkar stone, was severely damaged in the blasts. The mayor of Alfortville at the time, Joseph Franceschi [ fr ] , who
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