Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy (), also known as ''NAPAP'', was a French

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armed organization formed in December 1976. According to the police, the leader of the NAPAP was Christian Harbulot. Members of the NAPAP influenced the

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Members

* Frédéric Oriach * Henri Savouillan * Michel Lapeyre * Jean-Paul Gérard

Bombings claimed by NAPAP

*12 January 1976: assault of Paul Gardent, director general of Charbonnages de France (claimed by Vaincre et vivre). *23 March 1977: assassination of Jean-Antoine Tramoni, the murderer of Pierre Overney. *26 March 1977: attack on the Renault-Flins car park. *3 April 1977: fire from the

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*6 June 1977: attacks against the Usinor factory in

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and against

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-France in Paris. *Summer 1977: series of anti-nuclear attacks with the help of

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militants from the

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. *8 October 1977: attack on the home of the

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. *14 October 1977: attacks against the Palace of Justice and the

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in Paris. *21 October 1977: attack on Mercedes. *25 June 1978: on the night of 25 to 26, a 6kg bomb exploded at the

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. Claimed by NAPAP and then by the ''International Unemployment Group'', it was in fact conducted by the

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.https://bdt.frstrategie.org/fiche_acte_terroriste.php?nrbc=0&highlight=NAPAP&id=759 *9 July 1980: attack against the German Railway Company.

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External links

NAPAP - Qui sommesnous?
Autonomism Defunct communist militant groups Left-wing militant groups in France Maoist organizations in France

Members

Bombings claimed by NAPAP

See also

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