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Charles Martel Group

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First Mentioned:
March 2, 1975
Strength:
Group is inactive
Classification:
Right-Wing Conservative, Racist
Last Attack:
Oct. 1, 1983
Financial Sources:
Unknown

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Designated:
No
Watched:
No
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US Terrorist Exclusion List Designee: No
UK Proscribed Group: No
Australia Specified Group: No
Canada Specified Group: No
EU Specified Group: No
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The US State Department has designated groups into three different classifications. Click on one of the following to learn more about each group and to access their group profiles.

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)

Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL)

Other Terrorist Organizations (OTO)


Charles Martel Group attacked Diplomatic target (May 11, 1980, France)

Incident Date: May 11, 1980

Terrorist Organization(s): Charles Martel Group

City: Paris

Country/Area: France

Region: Western Europe

Target: Diplomatic

Tactic: Bombing

Suicide: No

Weapon: Explosives

Fatalities: 0

Injuries: 0

US Attack: No

US Fatalities: 0

US Injuries: 0

Attack Claimed: Yes

Coordinated: No

Description: FRANCE. The Algerian consulate in Aubervelliers, a suburb of Paris, was bombed. The explosion damaged the door of the building. Credit was claimed by the Charles Martel Club in a handwritten tract left inside the consulate. The tract stated the organization was against the church, the Jews, the starving of the Third World, and for the white race. The Charles Martel Club, a xenophobic organization of the extreme right, first came to public attention in 1973 for the bombing of the Algerian Consulate in Marseilles.

Information Source: Chronology Data 1968-1997

Publication Date: 04/03/2001

Incident-data Provider: RAND Corporation

Further Reference
"France: The DeGaulle Years," 01/01/2004, Encarta Encyclopedia
"The Year in Hate," 01/01/2004, Southern Poverty Law Center, Intelligence Report (Montgomery, AL)
"France: What Every Schoolchild Knows," Alain Ruscio, 03/25/2004, Le Monde Diplomtique (Translated from French), (Paris, France)

Related Categories
Knowledge Base Directory > Incidents > By Injuries > 0
Knowledge Base Directory > Incidents > By Fatalities > 0
Knowledge Base Directory > Incidents > By Tactics > Bombing
Knowledge Base Directory > Incidents > By Targets > Diplomatic
Knowledge Base Directory > Incidents > By Weapons > Explosives
Knowledge Base Directory > Incidents > Geographical Location > Western Europe > France
Knowledge Base Directory > Incidents > By Date > 1980s > 1980 > May > May 11

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TKB Data Status
Incident data: Last updated on Aug. 27, 2006
Indictment data: Last updated on Aug. 22, 2006


  Data is subject to revision as events and additional information warrant.
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