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, the 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
LeaderFrédéric Oriach
Christian Harbulot (alleged)
Dates of operation1976 - 1981
MotivesProletarian revolution
Active regionsÎle-de-France, France
IdeologyCommunism, Maoism
Notable attacksKilling of Jean-Antoine Tramoni
StatusInactive

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.

See also

References
  1. Christophe Bourseiller, Les maoïstes. La folle histoire des gardes rouges français, éditions du Seuil, collection « Points », 2008, p. 371
  2. Les CCC, l'État et le terrorisme, Jos Vander Velpen, Éditions EPO, 1988.
  3. https://bdt.frstrategie.org/fiche_acte_terroriste.php?nrbc=0&highlight=NAPAP&id=759%5B%5D
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