Attack of the street Copernic

the Attentat of the street Copernic was perpetrated with Paris, France, Friday October 3rd 1980, evening of the chabbat, whereas the festival of Sim' hat Torah bringing is celebrated a great number of faithful.

This Attack anti-semite with the bomb, directed against the Synagog of the street Copernic, makes 4 dead and 20 wounded.

The explosive, in a satchel of motor bike, could have killed well more if it had functioned a few moments later: in this day before Shabbat the synagog was full.

The following day, a spontaneous demonstration several thousands of people is held in front of the synagog, then share on the Fields-Elysées, while other protest demonstrations take place in provincial towns. October 7th, 1980, a demonstration sees ravelling 200.000 people between Nation and République. Several deputies unite, all there left confused.

The Prime Minister, Raymond Barre, shock on October 3rd while declaring on TF1, " This odious attack wanted to strike the Jews which went to the synagog, it struck of the innocent French who crossed the street Copernic" , Lapsus that its remarks of October 8th to the National Assembly, ensuring her " compatriots juifs" " sympathy of the whole of the nation" , will not erase memories. Little before its death in August 2007, Raymond Barre charged this protest campaign to the " Jewish Lobby ".

Inquire

The authors of the attack were never found. The police force could establish an identikit picture of the bomb planter: a man man with a moustache, of Arab type, a size from approximately 1,70 meter. This man used a Cypriot passport in the name of Alexander Panadriyu and had rented the motor bike used for the attack with this name.

In 2007, the examining magistrate Marc Trévidic delivered an international letters rogatory in the United States for a Palestinian suspect having lived in the USA and Canada. Presumed head of the commando, it was identified thanks to the files of FPLP-OS, hostile with Yasser Arafat and Fatah, transmitted by Germany to France. This suspect of Palestinian origin is 55 years old in 2007 and would have the Lebanese and Canadian dual nationality. French justice also obtained from Italy a passport used by this man whose photograph would resemble the identikit picture.

Sources and references

the author of the attack of the street identified Copernic, Le Figaro, October 11th, 2007
'' ten years ago - the attack of the street Copernic '', Le Monde of September 30th, 1990
Tv news of TF1 on October 3rd, 1980

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