Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy
Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy (French: Noyaux armés pour l'autonomie populaire), also known as NAPAP, was a French Maoist armed organization formed in december 1976. According to the police, alleged leader of the NAPAP was Christian Harbulot.[1] Members of the NAPAP influenced the Communist Combatant Cells in Belgium.[2]
Noyaux armés pour l'autonomie populaire NAPAP | |
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Leader(s) | Frédéric Oriach Christian Harbulot (alleged) |
Dates of operation | 1976 - 1981 |
Motives | Proletarian revolution |
Active regions | Île-de-France, France |
Ideology | Communism, Maoism |
Notable attacks | Killing of Jean-Antoine Tramoni |
Status | Inactive |
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 Confédération des syndicats libres.
- 6 June 1977: attacks against the Usinor factory in Thionville and against Chrysler-France in Paris.
- Summer 1977: series of anti-nuclear attacks with the help of anarchist militants from the Revolutionary Internationalist Action Groups.
- 8 October 1977: attack on the home of the Minister of Justice Alain Peyrefitte.
- 14 October 1977: attacks against the Palace of Justice and the Ministry of Justice in Paris.
- 21 October 1977: attack on Mercedes.
- 25 June 1978: on the night of 25 to 26, a 6kg bomb exploded at the Palace of Versailles. Claimed by NAPAP and then by the International Unemployment Group, it was in fact conducted by the Breton Liberation Front.[3]
- 9 July 1980: attack against the German Railway Company.
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See also
- Gauche prolétarienne
- Mao-Spontex
References
- Christophe Bourseiller, Les maoïstes. La folle histoire des gardes rouges français, éditions du Seuil, collection « Points », 2008, p. 371
- Les CCC, l'État et le terrorisme, Jos Vander Velpen, Éditions EPO, 1988.
- https://bdt.frstrategie.org/fiche_acte_terroriste.php?nrbc=0&highlight=NAPAP&id=759%5B%5D
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