Besançon Courthouse Attack
A terrorist attack targeted the Besançon courthouse on 9 May 1970. It was perpetrated with a Improvised explosive device, bomb by two men from Organisation armée secrète, OAS and Union of Democrats for the Republic, UDR movements, in a context of History of far-right movements in France, resurgence of far-right violence in France. Attack On 9 May 1970, at 10:30 pm, the ''place du Huit-Septembre'' (September 8 Square) was shaken by an explosion.Willy Graff for L'Est Républicain, April 6, 2021 « Savez-vous que Besançon a été frappé d’un attentat en 1970 ? » The Besançon courthouse was just attackedChristian Bougeard, ''René Pleven - Un Français libre en politique'', 1994, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 473 pages, , page 310.Hervé Hamon et Patrick Rotman, ''Les années de poudre'' - Volume 2, Auguste 29, 2016, Éditions du Seuil, 704 pages, . with a Improvised explosive device, bomb containing explosives and scrap metal. Damage was substantial but limited : only ...
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Besançon
Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capital of the historic and cultural region of Franche-Comté, Besançon is home to the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council headquarters, and is an important administrative centre in the region. It is also the seat of one of the fifteen French ecclesiastical provinces and one of the two divisions of the French Army. In 2019 the city had a population of 117,912, in a metropolitan area of 280,701, the second in the region in terms of population. Established in a meander of the river Doubs, the city was already important during the Gallo-Roman era under the name of ''Vesontio'', capital of the Sequani. Its geography and specific history turned it into a military stronghold, a garrison city, a political centre, and a religious c ...
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