1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing

When

18 Jun 1961

Kind

Terrorist attack

Killed

24

Coordinates

48.73° N, 4.56° E

Wounded

132

Bomb attack on a Strasbourg–Paris train

The Vitry-Le-François train bombing of 18 June 1961 was a bomb attack on a Strasbourg–Paris train carried out by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), a far-right paramilitary organization opposed to the independence of Algeria in the Algerian War.

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