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1986 Paris police station attack
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The far-left Direct Action (AD) terror group detonated a bomb at the headquarters of the Brigade de répression du banditisme (BRB) police division in Paris, France, on 9 July 1986. It killed the division's chief inspector, Marcel Basdevant, and injured 22 other officers. The group claimed responsibility two days later.[1][2]
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The bomb is thought to have contained 10 kg of explosives and was planted in a restroom on the third floor.[3] It caused major damage to the building, which was still new.[4] Maxime Frérot alias "Max le fou", explosives manufacturer and member of the Lyon cell of [Action Directe, who was already wanted for three murders, including two police officers, was arrested on 27 November 1987 in the underground parking lot of the Mercure Hotel at Part-Dieu station, in Lyon. The brother attempted to escape by opening fire on the police, wounding one officer..[5][6] [7][8]
On the same day, the West German Red Army Faction (which was allied with Direct Action) assassinated Karl Heinz Beckurts in Bavaria.[9]
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