Capitole train bombing explained

Capitole train bombing
Location:	Ambazac, France
Date:	28 March 1982
Type:	Bombing
Perps:	International Terrorist Friends of Carlos
Fatalities:	5
Injuries:	28

The Capitole train bombing was the bombing of a Le Capitole train on the Paris-Toulouse express near Limoges on 28 March 1982. The attack killed five people and injured 28 others.^[1] The bombing was claimed by a group calling itself "International Terrorist Friends of Carlos", and was later attributed to Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal. In 2011 Carlos was convicted for the bombing whilst he was already serving life imprisonment.^[2] The attack was followed with the bombing of an anti-Syrian newspaper office in Paris in April.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Terrorism in France
• List of terrorist incidents in France
• TGV train and Marseille station bombings

References

1. Web site: The explosion on a Paris-Toulouse express train that killed....
2. Web site: France convicts Carlos the Jackal. 15 December 2011. www.bbc.co.uk.
3. Web site: Carlos the Jackal back in Paris dock. 7 November 2011.
4. Web site: BOMB IN PARIS KILLS 1; 2 SYRIANS OUSTED. Henry Tanner and Special To the New York. Times.