40-511: (Redirected from Paris Attacks ) Paris attacks may refer to the following: 1941 Paris synagogue attacks , 2 and 3 October 1941 Massacre of 14 July 1953 in Paris , by police, 14 July 1953 Paris massacre of 1961 , of Algerians by police, 17 October 1961 1962 Issy-les-Moulineaux bombing , by the OAS, 10 March 1962 1974 Paris café bombing , by
80-637: A French national wielding an AK-47 rifle on the Champs-Élysées boulevard in Paris . One officer, French National Police Captain Xavier Jugelé, was killed and two other French National Police officers and a German tourist were seriously wounded. Karim Cheurfi was then shot dead by police. Amaq News Agency , which is linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), claimed the attacker
120-626: A Jewish film festival by unknown attackers, 30 March 1985 1985–86 Paris attacks , perhaps instigated by Hezbollah, 7 December 1985–17 September 1986 1986 Paris police station attack , by Action Directe, 9 July 1986 Attempted assassination of Alain Peyrefitte , by Action Directe, 15 December 1986 Saint-Michel cinema attack , by Christian fundamentalists, 22 October 1988 1994 Paris shoot-out (the "Rey-Maupin Affair"), 4 October 1994 1995 France bombings , attacks on public transport by
160-751: A Jewish restaurant by the Abu Nidal Organisation, 9 August 1982 September 1982 Paris car bombing , on an Israeli diplomat by the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions, 17 September 1982 1983 Orly Airport attack , on Turkish Airlines check-in desk by Armenian militants, 15 July 1983 Grand Véfour restaurant bombing , by unknown attackers, 23 December 1983 European Space Agency bombing , by Action Directe, 3 August 1984 February 1985 Paris bombing , on Marks & Spencer by Palestinian nationalists, 23 February 1985 Rivoli Beaubourg cinema bombing , at
200-443: A member. In January 2018, his father, Salah Cheurfi, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for having made comments of support for terrorism. President François Hollande called for an emergency security meeting at the Élysée Palace . He later released a statement saying French police suspected the shooting was a terrorist attack. He also stated that the security forces are to handle the situation with "utmost vigilance" to ensure
240-490: A note praising ISIS fell out of his pocket after he was shot, and that he was carrying addresses of police stations. At the time of the shooting, Cheurfi was already well known to the DGSI , France's domestic security service. He had an extensive criminal record for violent robberies and a shooting in 2001, in which he shot two police officers when they pulled him over. He wounded one of the officers after grabbing his gun while he
280-750: A sixth located on a road of which we don't yet know the name were attacked. The damage is considerable, as just the walls remain. The bomb at the Synagogue de la rue Pavée, near City Hall, was removed in time. Two people were injured. Admiral Dard, Prefect of Police, arrived on the scene and is leading the investigation. The attacks took places the day after the Day of Atonement . The article continued: What they say in Vichy Our Correspondent in Vichy called us and said: Since last July, this
320-614: A spate of Islamist terrorist attacks on French police officers, soldiers and civilians, resulting in the deaths of more than 230 people. Two men were arrested in Marseille two days before the shooting, for allegedly planning a terrorist attack. The attack is understood as part of a shift in ISIS strategy towards encouraging untrained ISIS sympathizers to undertake attacks with crude weapons, caused by improved security in EU countries and by
360-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 1941 Paris synagogue attacks On the night of October 2–3, 1941, six synagogues were attacked in Paris and damaged by explosive devices places by their doors between 2:05 and 4:05 am. The perpetrators were identified but not arrested. On the night of October 2–3, 1941, explosive devices were placed in front of six synagogues causing damage to them. Helmut Knochen , Chief Commandant of
400-607: Is linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), said the shooter was an ISIS fighter, giving his pseudonym as Abu Yusuf al-Beljiki . The claim suggested the attacker was from Belgium . News outlets commented that the timing of the claim was "unusually swift". French police identified the attacker as 39-year-old Karim Cheurfi , born in Livry-Gargan in 1977 and living in Chelles , east of Paris. French prosecutors said that
440-524: Is that adversaries of the Jews generalize too much and that such anti-semitism will lead to regrettable excesses. Therefore, the announcement of the attacks on local synagogues caused neither surprise nor emotion among the public. "It was bound to happen," we heard with a certain air of indifference. Following the attacks on the Paris synagogues, the Archbishop of Paris Emmanuel Suhard , remained silent. In
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#1732772274608480-675: Is the third time that such attacks have taken place. The first was in Marseille in mid-July, the second in Vichy last August 9. It is noted that the third attack against the Israelite Temples took place on the night following Yom Kippur . A police report by the Renseignements généraux dated October 4, 1941, said: Generally, the Parisian public don't like the Jews, but they are tolerated. Traders often wished to be rid of
520-659: The Sicherheitspolizei (Nazi Occupying Security Services) ordered the attacks on the Paris synagogues. Members of the Milice placed the bombs. At the Synagogue de la rue Copernic , there was partial destruction of the building (the window jamb and the sill were destroyed and the windows were blown out) that the community rebuilt in 1946. In a journal entry dated September 11, 1942, writer Hélène Berr , wrote: After wandering all afternoon ( Boulevard Saint-Germain ,
560-773: The BBC in November 2016 when he visited the Bataclan when it reopened. He also served twice in Frontex to assist in the European migrant crisis in Greece. Jugelé was posthumously promoted to captain and awarded the knighthood of the Legion of Honor . He was eulogized by his civil partner Etienne Cardiles. President François Hollande , Emmanuel Macron and other dignitaries were at
600-515: The Free zone , the Association of French Rabbis expressed surprise at this silence. Several bishops reached out to the rabbis with support, following the example of Cardinal Jules-Géraud Saliège of Toulouse, who wrote a letter of support to Rabbi Moïse Cassorla. April 2017 Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es attack On 20 April 2017, three French National Police officers were shot by Karim Cheurfi,
640-823: The Gestapo in November 1943. According to Frédéric Monier (2011): After the fall of France and the creation of the Vichy Regime , a majority of former " Cagoulards " became engaged in collaborationist activity, often under the guise of the Revolutionary Social Movement – the MSR – created by Eugène Deloncle in Autumn 1940. The small group, later integrated into the National Popular Rally of Marcel Deat , ceased to exist by 1942. It
680-457: The Marks & Spencer store. Karim Cheurfi quickly got out of his car and started firing an AK-47 rifle into the van. Three officers were struck, one fatally. Cheurfi then attempted to flee on foot, firing at other people as he did, but was shot and killed by other responding officers. A female German tourist was also injured by "fragments from the shooting". The Avenue des Champs-Elysées
720-529: The Bataclan Theatre etc., by Islamic terrorists, 13 November 2015 January 2016 Paris police station attack , by an Islamic terrorist, 7 January 2016 Louvre machete attack , 3 February 2017 2017 Orly Airport attack , 18 March 2017 April 2017 Champs-Élysées attack , 20 April 2017 Aubervilliers restaurant attack , 11 June 2017 June 2017 Champs-Élysées car ramming attack , 19 June 2017 2017 Levallois-Perret attack , 9 August 2017, in
760-623: The GIA (Armed Islamic Group of ALGERIA), 25 July-17 October 1995 1996 Paris RER bombing , possibly by the GIA, 3 December 1996 Attempted assassination of Jacques Chirac by Maxime Brunerie , 14 July 2002 2013 triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris , 9-10 January 2013 November 2013 Paris attacks (on BFM TV, Libération , Société Générale) 15 and 18 November 2013 January 2015 Île-de-France attacks : Charlie Hebdo shooting , 7 January 2015 Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket siege , 9 January 2015 November 2015 Paris attacks , on
800-640: The Israelites because they were in great competition with them. In fact, the severe measures taken against the Jews by the German authorities and the French government have not raised any protests among the general population but many people find the violent anti-semitism of the Parisian press excessive, exceeding even their own antipathy towards Jews. The opinion of most people – particularly in Catholic circles –
840-643: The PFLP/Carlos the Jackal, 15 September 1974 1978 Palace of Versailles bombing , by the Breton Liberation Front, 26 June 1978 1980 Paris synagogue bombing , perhaps by Palestinian nationalists, 3 October 1980 Turkish consulate attack in Paris , by Armenian militants, 24 September 1981 April 1982 Paris car bombing , outside the offices of Lebanese newspaper Al-Watan al-Arabi, 22 April 1982 Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack , at
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#1732772274608880-584: The Sorbonne , Condorcet ), I went to the Temple for Rosh Hashana . The service was celebrated in the oratory and the marriage hall, as the main temple had been destroyed by the Doriotists . It was lamentable. No young people. Nothing but old people, the only representative of the "olden times" was Madame Baur. The Revolutionary Social Movement (MSR), a far-right political party was also implicated in
920-528: The attack on the Islamic State. The officer who was assassinated was 37-year-old Xavier Jugelé, who was murdered outright by two gunshot wounds to the head. He was one of the officers to respond to the Bataclan theatre during the massacre there in November 2015 . Jugelé had been a member of the Paris police force since 2010, and was known as a gay rights activist and member of FLAG, the French association for LGBT police officers. He had been interviewed by
960-543: The attack took place immediately before the country's 2017 presidential election , media reports commented on its possible influence in the election's tone. At the time of the shooting, France was on high alert in the wake of the attacks in Paris in November 2015 and in Nice in July 2016 , as well as in anticipation of the first round of the 2017 presidential election , which was scheduled in three days. Since 2015, there had been
1000-514: The attacks. From research by Patrick Fournie (2016): The Revolutionary Social Movement of Eugène Deloncle , former leader of the Cagoule , also recruited several thousand members and was known above all as the executor on behalf of the SIPO-SD in the attacks on the Parisian synagogues on the night of October 2–3, 1941. Deloncle nevertheless lost the support of his protectors and was executed by
1040-520: The election process. The attack changed the tone of the campaign in its last days. As the attack occurred during a televised debate among all eleven candidates in the election, fears arose that extremists were hoping to influence the debate's tone. With terrorism and security high priorities for Paris, The Guardian noted that the attack might serve as "ammunition" for right-wing candidates such as National Front leader Marine Le Pen , considered an outlier for her views on stronger border security and
1080-602: The intent of using them to kill French police officers in retaliation for the deaths of children in the Syrian Civil War . His home in Chelles was searched after the attack. Cheurfi's former lawyer said he was "extremely isolated" and a "psychologically fragile character" whose mental problems were not treated. He added that he never spoke about religion and talked mainly about "how to fill his daily life with video games". Cheurfi had visited Algeria sometime before
1120-678: The loss of capacity to direct attacks from and train operatives in the Middle East as ISIS steadily lost territory in Syria. At about 9:00 pm, Karim Cheurfi drove his vehicle next to a French National Police van. The French National Police officers were guarding the entrance of the Centre Culturel Anatolie, a Turkish cultural centre located at 102 Avenue des Champs-Elysées near the Franklin D. Roosevelt metro station and
1160-565: The national ceremony of honor which took place at the Paris Police Prefecture on 25 April 2017. Cardiles later attended the installation of President Emmanuel Macron at the president's invitation. Cardiles married Jugelé posthumously on 30 May. One of the two surviving officers was critically wounded and said to be improving. Both were made knights of the National Order of Merit . Amaq News Agency , which
1200-847: The northwestern suburbs of Paris 2018 Paris knife attack , outside the Palais Garnier by an ISIL supporter, 12 May 2018 Paris police headquarters stabbing , by a police employee, 3 October 2019 2020 Paris stabbing attack , outside the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, 25 September 2020 2022 Paris shooting , at a Kurdish cultural centre and café, 23 December 2022 2023 Paris attack , near Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, 2 December 2023 See also [ edit ] List of terrorist incidents in France 2015 France attacks (disambiguation) Battle of Paris (disambiguation) Siege of Paris (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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1280-513: The security of the presidential election. Following the shooting, US President Donald Trump expressed his condolences to the people of France and said, "[W]e have to be strong and we have to be vigilant." Trump later expressed his belief that the attack would have "a big effect" on the French presidential election. Other world leaders, including Angela Merkel and the government of the United Kingdom , issued statements in reaction to
1320-408: The shooting, allegedly to get married. This was a breach of his parole, following which he was interviewed by the authorities, though a judge decided not to revoke his probation. Following Cheurfi's identification, three members of his family were arrested in Chelles in the early morning of 21 April, although investigators believe Cheurfi acted alone and was inspired by ISIS but was not necessarily
1360-464: The shooting. As the attack happened three days before the first round of the French presidential election , three candidates ended campaign events early as "a mark of respect", with centre-right candidate François Fillon urging others to do the same. This was met with criticism from some other candidates like far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon , who said the violence should not interfere with
1400-462: Was an ISIS fighter. French police and prosecutors are investigating the attack as terrorism , and have launched a counter-terrorism prosecution. The attacker was identified as French national Karim Cheurfi, who had an extensive criminal record that included a conviction and a twelve-year prison sentence for an earlier attempt to murder two police officers. Police found a note praising ISIS, along with addresses of police stations, on his body. Because
1440-511: Was being questioned. He was convicted of attempted murder in 2005 and he was sentenced to twenty years in prison, which was later shortened to fifteen years. Despite a history of violence while behind bars, he was released in October 2015. He had been detained in February 2017 for allegedly making threats to kill police, but was released due to lack of evidence. No evidence of radicalization
1480-452: Was closed down and civilians were evacuated. On social media , Paris police warned people to stay away from the area and said there was a "police intervention underway". Investigators initially said the incident may have been related to a robbery, but an anti-terror investigation was later launched. A pump-action shotgun , ammunition, two kitchen knives, and shears were found in the gunman's car. Amaq News Agency placed responsibility for
1520-598: Was found, and he was never placed on a terror watch list. He was, however, added to a "radicalisation and terror prevention and alert list" created in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shooting , but he was not considered a priority. CNN reported that a source close to the investigation said police had launched a counter-terrorism investigation in March 2017 after learning of his attempts to establish communication with an ISIS fighter. AFP reported that police were aware of an attempt by Cheurfi to buy weapons in early 2016, with
1560-592: Was sentenced to two years in prison by a French military court. According to the Vichy correspondent of the Swiss newspaper Feuille d'Avis de Neuchâtel et du Vignoble neuchâtelois , on Saturday October 4, 1941: On the night of Thursday and Friday in Paris between 1 am and 5 am, attacks took place against seven synagogues. The Synagogue de la rue de Tournelle [sic], Synagogue de la rue Montespan [sic], Synagogue de la rue Copernic, Synagogue de Notre-Dame de Lazaret [sic], Synagogue de Notre-Dame des victoires and
1600-456: Was this group that was responsible "without a doubt, among others, for the attacks against synagogues in Paris and the assassination of former government minister Marx Dormoy . Hans Sommer , agent with the Nazi intelligence services in charge of France, contacted Eugène Deloncle in 1941. Sommer provided the materials that Deloncle used in the attacks against the synagogues. After the war, Sommer
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