| 1996 Paris RER bombing | |
| Location: | Port-Royal station in Paris, France |
| Target: | RER passengers |
| Coordinates: | 48.8399°N 2.337°W |
| Type: | Bombing |
| Fatalities: | 4 |
| Injuries: | 91 |
| Perps: | Unknown, GIA suspected |
| Weapons: | Improvised explosive device |
On 3 December 1996 an IED detonated on the southbound tracks of the Port-Royal Réseau Express Régional (RER) station in Paris, France. Four people were killed in the bombing:[1] [2] [3] [4] two French citizens, a Moroccan and a Canadian.[5]
Following the bombing, French officials activated the "Vigipirate" nationwide security plan drawn up a year earlier in the wake of a series of bombings by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA). The plan included police and army patrols in sensitive public areas and spot checks across the country.[6] [7]
Jean-Louis Bruguière and Jean-François Ricard were in charge of the bombing file.[8] No group took responsibility for the attack, but the GIA was suspected of being behind the attack.[9] However, unlike this bombing, the group had claimed all the bombings in the campaign.[10]