Militant Incidents in France (2011)

1. Jan. 01 – Suspected FLNC militants bombed three heavy machines belonging to an Italian construction company in Prunelli-di-Fium’orbu, in the Haute-Corse department. [Fig]
2. Jan. 03 – A small bomb went off outside a shop in Île-Rousse, in the Haute-Corse department, causing only minor damage. [CM]
3. Jan. 09 – A bomb exploded outside the Tunisian consulate in the Parisian suburb of Pantin, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. No one was hurt in the blast. [20M, Fig & Par]
4. Jan. 11 – Assailants bombed the parked vehicle of a local craftsman in Aregno, in the Haute-Corse department. [Prov]
5. Jan. 16 – Thugs threw firebombs and stones at a police patrol in the Viry-Châtillon suburb of Paris, in the Essonne department. No casualties were reported. [Par]
6. Jan. 17 – Militants bombed and damaged a holiday home under construction in the village of Cauria, in the Corse-du-Sud department. The FLNC assumed responsibility for the attack. [AFP & Fig]
7. Jan. 18 – Three people were injured when bombs exploded outside two bars in the city of Ajaccio, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [AFP, Fig & NM]
8. Jan. 19 – Two officers were wounded when thugs assaulted policemen on patrol in the Parisian suburb of Corbeil, in the Essonne department. [Par]
9. Jan. 19 – A holiday home was destroyed in an incendiary bomb explosion in the village of Prunelli-di-Fium’orbu, in the Haute-Corse department. [CM & Fig]
10. Jan. 20 – A small bomb explode at a camping in Olmeto, in the Corse-du-Sud department. Cadres of the FLNC were blamed for the attack. [CM]
11. Jan. 24 – The holiday home of a German family was badly damaged in a bomb explosion in Ghisonaccia, in the Haute-Corse department. [Fig & Mon]
12. Jan. 27 – Suspected nationalist thugs set fire to two houses of Turkish families in the Hoenheim suburb of Strasbourg, in the Bas-Rhin department. [AFP, Fig & Zam]
13. Jan. 30 – The parked car of a police officer was destroyed in a bomb blast in Ghisonaccia, in the Haute-Corse department. [Fig]
14. Feb. 01 – Two holiday homes were bombed by suspected cadres of the FLNC in Calcatoggio, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM & Fig]
15. Feb. 02 – Thugs threw three firebombs at a police station in the town of Martigues, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. The assailants also hurled an incendiary bomb at a nearby high school. [Fig & Par]
16. Feb. 08 – Unidentified thugs set fire to thirteen parked cars in the city of Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. [Prov]
17. Feb. 10 – The car of a local farmer was destroyed in a bomb explosion in Prunelli-di-Fium’orbu, in the Haute-Corse department. [CM]
18. Feb. 11 – Unidentified thugs hurled a firebomb at the mayor as she was getting in her car in Savigny-sur-Orge, in the Essonne department. No one was injured in the incident. [Par]
19. Feb. 14 – Suspected FLNC militants bombed a holiday home in the village of Olmeto, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM]
20. Feb. 16 – A holiday home was bombed and destroyed by Corsican nationalist militants in Pietrosella, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM]
21. Feb. 19 – A parked car was bombed and destroyed by militants in the town of Calvi, in the Haute-Corse department. [CM]
22. Feb. 22 – Suspected FLNC detonated a bomb outside a hotel under renovation in San-Nicolao, in the Haute-Corse department. No one was hurt in the incident. [CM, Fig & Prov]
23. Feb. 23 – A bomb exploded at the house of a French family in Saint-Florent, in the Haute-Corse department, causing only damage. [CM, Fig & Prov]
24. Mar. 02 – A policeman was critically injured when thugs threw stones at a police unit which was conducting operations near a railway station in Noisiel, in the Seine-et-Marne department. [AFP, Fig & Par]
25. Mar. 03 – Attackers set fire to two parked police vehicles in the Ris-Orangis suburb of Paris, in the Essonne department. [Fig]
26. Mar. 15 – A public transport bus was set on fire by thugs in the Parisian suburb of Morang-sur-Orge, in the Essonne department. [AFP & Fig]
27. Mar. 19 – About fifty thugs hurled about fifteen firebombs and rocks at a police vehicle that was accompanying a bus in the Grigny suburb of Paris, in the Essonne department. Two policemen were lightly hurt in the incident. [Fig & Par]
28. Mar. 21 – The delivery vehicle of an Italian restaurant was damaged in a bomb blast in Propriano, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [AFP, Fig & Dep]
29. Mar. 21 – Two policemen were slightly injured when several thugs pelted their vehicle with stones in the Parisian suburb of Émerainvile, in the Seine-et-Marne department. [Par]
30. Mar. 21 – Thugs set fire to a local government office after having ordered staff members out in the Corbeil suburb of Paris, in the Essonne department. [Par]
31. Mar. 22 – Gunmen shot and killed a mayor outside his home in the village of Sant’Andrea-di-Cotone, in the Haute-Corse department. [Fig]
32. Mar. 28 – A holiday home under construction was targeted in a bomb explosion in the village of Viaggianello, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM]
33. Mar. 29 – Two parked police vehicles were set alight by thugs in the Parisian suburb of Ris-Orangis, in the Essonne department. [Fig]
34. Apr. 04 – About ten thugs hurled firebombs and threw rocks at policemen who were checking the identity of a person in the Viry-Châtillon suburb of Paris, in the Essonne department. Two policemen were hurt and their vehicle was burnt in the incident. [Fig & Par]
35. Apr. 04 – Corsican nationalist militants bombed and badly damaged a holiday home in Bonifacio, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM & Fig]
36. Apr. 07 – A Jewish youth was seriously injured when he was shot, clubbed and stabbed by Arab thugs in the Villeurbanne suburb of Lyon. [CFCA]
37. Apr. 08 – Two holiday homes were bombed and damaged by Corsican nationalist militants in the village of Villanova, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [Fig]
38. Apr. 09 – Two ETA militants opened fire at police officers who tried to stop their car at a security checkpoint in the Creuse department. One policeman was injured in the attack. [Fig & Reut]
39. Apr. 11 – Unknown attacked hurled an incendiary bomb at a Jewish restaurant in the city center of Paris, causing considerable damage. [CFCA]
40. Apr. 30 – A bomb exploded at the construction site for a hotel in Macinaggio, in the Haute-Corse department. [CM]
41. May 04 – A holiday home was destroyed in an incendiary bomb explosion near Palasca, in the Haute-Corse department. An adjacent house was damaged in the incident. [CM]
42. May 07 – Corsican nationalist militants bombed and badly damaged a holiday home under construction in Monaccia-d’Aullène, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM]
43. May 11 – Three Jewish youths were wounded in an assault by Arab thugs at a soccer pitch in the Plan-de-Cuques suburb of Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. [CFCA]
44. May 12 – Suspected FLNC militants bombed a holiday home after having forced the two owners out in Villanova, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM]
45. May 25 – A group of approximately twenty thugs hurled rocks at policemen inspecting vehicles in Corbeil, in the Essonne department. One police officer was hurt in the incident. [20M & Dep]
46. May 26 – A bomb exploded outside an office of a local newspaper in Ajaccio, in the Corse-du-Sud department. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [Fig]
47. May 30 – A small bomb exploded inside a furniture store of the Swedish IKEA company in the city of Lille, in the Nord department. No one was hurt in the blast. [Reut]
48. Jun. 01 – A group of thugs hurled firebombs and threw rocks at policemen who were checking vehicles in the Grigny suburb of Paris, in the Essonne department. Five policemen were lightly injured in the attack. [Par]
49. Jun. 05 – Thugs set fire to two parked vehicles in the Parisian suburb of Corbeil, in the Essonne department. The assailants subsequently hurled rocks at police officers and firemen who arrived at the scene. A bystander was seriously injured in the incident. [20M, AFP, Fig & Par]
50. Jun. 11 – An assailant set fire to the town hall of the Emerainville suburb of Paris, in the Seine-et-Marne department. The incident occurred after local officials started to clamp down on the misuse of welfare grants by several families of immigrant descent. [AFP & Fig]
51. Jun. 12 – Thugs set fire to street furniture and subsequently hurled firebombs at policemen who arrived at the scene in the Parisian suburb of Antony, in the Hauts-de-Seine department. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Par]
52. Jun. 13 – A passenger was hurt when thugs pelted a public transport bus with rocks in the Grigny suburb of Paris, in the Essonne department. [Fig]
53. Jun. 19 – Eight people were slightly injured when a bomb exploded outside an apartment building in Ajaccio, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [AFP, Fig & LCI]
54. Jun. 20 – A band of Arab thugs assaulted and injured a Jewish youth in the Villeurbanne suburb of Lyon. One of the assailants hit the victim with a hammer. [CFCA]
55. Jun. 21 – Unidentified thugs assaulted and injured a rabbi in the city center of Paris. No further information was available. [CFCA]
56. Jul. 02 – Thugs set fire to a parked car and later hurled a firebomb at policemen and firefighters who arrived at the scene in Grigny, in the Essonne department. [Par]
57. Jul. 03 – Assailants threw five firebombs at a police station in Champigny, in the Val-de-Marne department. No one was hurt in the incident. [Par]
58. Jul. 18 – Approximately forty set fire to street furniture and subsequently hurled a firebomb and threw stones as police arrived at the scene in Villiers-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne department. [20M & Par]
59. Jul. 26 – The home of the leader of a bullfighting association was torched by attackers in Vieux-Boucau, in the department of Landes. The incident was claimed by the FLA. [ML & SO]
60. Aug. 13 – A policeman was injured when a group of thirty thugs hurled rocks at him as he exited his vehicle following a car crash in Corbeil, in the Essonne department. [Par]
61. Aug. 24 – Militants forced a family out of a holiday bungalow before bombing and damaging the structure in Coti-Chiavari, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [Fig]
62. Aug. 24 – The house of the deputy of the local mayor as slightly damaged in a bomb blast in Calenzana, in the Haute-Corse department. [Fig]
63. Sep. 07 – Attackers hurled several incendiary bombs at the Congolese embassy in the city center of Paris, causing only damage. The assailants were linked to the exiled Congolese opposition. [Par]
64. Sep. 13 – Several thugs set fire to the garage of a police station in the Bourtzwiller suburb of Mulhouse, in the Bas-Rhin department. [20M]
65. Oct. 18 – A small bomb exploded at a holiday home in the village of Aléria, in the Haute-Corse department, causing only minor damage. [CM & Fig]
66. Oct. 21 – Militants set fire to the house of a mayor in the village of Muro, in the Haute-Corse department. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Fig]
67. Oct. 21 – The town hall was slightly damaged in a bomb explosion in Prunelli-di-Fiumorbu, in the Haute-Corse department. [20M & Fig]
68. Oct. 24 – Several thugs hurled firebombs into an abandoned hangar housing Romany squatters in the city center of Paris, injuring one person. A firefighter was also hurt as emergency crews responded to the fire. [AFP & Fig]
69. Oct. 27 – A house was bombed and destroyed by militants in the village of Calcatoggio, in the Corse-du-Sud department. [CM & Fig]
70. Nov. 01 – Thugs threw a homemade incendiary bomb into a school building in Lognes, in the Seine-et-Marne department, causing only damage. [20M & Fig]
71. Nov. 01 – Assailants burnt three parked cars and later tossed an incendiary bomb at a police vehicle as security forces arrived at the scene in Aix-les-Bains, in the Savoie department. [F3]
72. Nov. 02 – Attackers threw two firebombs at the offices of a satirical magazine in eastern Paris, causing major damage. The magazine was targeted after it had published a caricature of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. [20M, AP, F3, Fig & Par]
73. Nov. 05 – Thugs stopped a bus and ordered its occupants out before setting it ablaze with a firebomb in the Parisian suburb of Grigny, in the Essonne department. [Fig & Par]
74. Nov. 14 – Assailants hurled a homemade incendiary bomb at a police post in Lavaur, in the Tarn department. [Dep]
75. Nov. 19 – A group of thugs threw firebombs at a passing bus in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, in the Essonne department. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Par]
76. Dec. 30 – A Congolese senator was injured in an assault by thugs affiliated to the exiled opposition community in the city center of Paris. [AFP & Reut]

Actu: Actu France (France), AFP: Agence France Presse (France), AP: Associated Press (America), BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (Britain), BP: Bien Public (France), CM: Corse Matin (France), CNN: Cable News Network (America), CPic: Courrier Picard (France), Dau: Dauphine (France), Dep: Dépêche du Midi (France), DL: Dauphiné Libéré (France), DNA: Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace (France), E1: Europe 1 (France), ER: Est-Républicain (France), F3: France 3 (France), FB: France Blue (France), FI: France Info (France), GVd’O: Gazette Val d’Oise (France), Hrtz: Haaretz (Israel), JDD: Journal du Dimanche (France), LC: Lyon Capitale (France), Met: Metro News (France), ML: Midi Libre (France), Mon: Monde (France), NM: Nice Matin (France), NR: Nouvelle République (France), OF: Ouest France (France), Par: Parisien (France), Pop: Populaire (France), Prog: Progrès (France), Prov: Province (France), Rép: République (France), RL: Républicain Lorrain (France), Tél: Télégramme (France), TO: Tendance Ouest (France), Union: Union (France), FTV: France Télévisions (France), RL: Républicain Lorrain (France), ToI: Times of Israel (Israel), TL: Tarn Libre (France), VdN: Voix du Nord (France), VM: Var-Matin (France), VoM: Vosges-Matin (France)