Revolutionary Front for Proletarian Action
Revolutionary Front for Proletarian Action | |
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Front Révolutionnaire d’Action Prolétarienne (in French) | |
Dates of operation | fl. 1985 |
Active regions | AEG Telefunken buildings |
Status | Inactive |
The Revolutionary Front for Proletarian Action (
The organisation was active in 1985, and was known for the bombing of the Secretariat of the
History
The Revolutionary Front for Proletarian Action was founded as a splinter of the
On 20 April 1985, a bomb was detonated in the building housing the secretariat of the
A CCC attack on the Federation of Belgian Enterprises which led to the death of two firemen on 1 May would lead to Acker allegedly losing his nerve, and in turn distancing himself from FRAP.[6]
The FRAP would claim responsibility for the bombing of the
In August, Chantal Paternostre was arrested after her fingerprints were found in a Brussels apartment used by the group during a police raid in 1984,[13][14] on the suspicion of her involvement with FRAP.[3][6] In January 1986, Luc Van Acker would similar be arrested following a police raid on a hideout.[3][7][15]
Paternoste and Acker would appear before the Brussels court of assizes on 26 September 1988, alongside Pierre Carette and other associates of far-left extremist groups.[16][17] The defendants accepted the legitimacy of the trial, unlike the CCC defendants which withdrew its lawyers and began a hunger strike. The tried FRAP members would be sentenced for five years in prison.[17]
See also
- Action directe (armed group)
- Communist Combatant Cells
- Red Army Faction
References
- ^ a b Westlake, Martin (5 May 2019). "A country in foment: Belgium in the 1980s". Brussels Express. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1317391500.
- ^ a b c Fralon, José-Alain (23 January 1986). "EXPLOSIFS, COLT 45, ŒUVRES D'ENVER HODJA... Ce que recelait une des " planques " des Cellules communistes combattantes" [EXPLOSIVES, COLT 45, WORKS BY ENVER HODJA ... What was concealed in one of the "hideouts" of the Communist Combatant Cells]. Le Monde (in French). Brussels. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ AP News. Brussels. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b "A terrorist bomb blast, the second in Belgium in..." United Press International. Brussels. 21 April 1985. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1000306361.
- ^ )
- ^ Guillaume, Alain (24 September 1988). "La Belgique juge ses terroristes" [Belgium judges its terrorists]. Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-9463712095.
- ^ "Police Say They Are Taking Seriously Claim by 'Peace Conquerors'". AP News. Frankfurt, West Germany. 23 June 1985. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-1785367359.
- New York Times. 23 June 1985. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Logeart, Agathe; Fralon, José-Alain (17 December 1985). "Sur la piste des lampistes" [On the trail of lamp workers]. Le Monde (in French). Brussels. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Wielaard, Robert (18 December 1985). "Belgian Minister Says Arrests Virtually Wiped Out Fighting Communist Cells". AP News. Brussels, Belgium. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Casert, Raf (22 January 1986). "Police Announce Breakthroughs in Fight against Terrorism". AP News. Brussels, Belgium. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "BELGIQUE : le procès des Cellules communistes combattantes Pierre Carette et ses comparses ont à répondre de vingt et un attentats et de deux assassinats" [BELGIUM: the trial of Communist Fighting Cells Pierre Carette and his associates have to answer for twenty-one attacks and two assassinations]. Le Monde (in French). 27 September 1988. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1135210496.
Further reading
- Schmid, Alex; Jongman, Albert (1988). Political Terrorism: A New Guide To Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, And Literature. ISBN 1412815665.
- Terrorism Review (PDF). Directorate of Intelligence. 10 February 1986. pp. 1–3.
External links
- FRAP on Tracking Terrorism.
- FRAP on Global Terrorism Database.