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3 unusual facts about Gang de Roubaix


Gang de Roubaix

The 4 men who were inside fought back with assault rifles, screaming that they'd rather die than surrender.

Then Kamel, who was working for the GIA, convinced Caze and Dumont, who was an idealist, to commit terrorist attacks in their hometown country because of the diplomatic relationships between France and Algeria.

On March 28, the group parked a Peugeot 205, with 4 gas tanks linked to a detonator in the trunk, beside a police precinct in Lille.


Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion

In 1996, in Roubaix, the unit neutralized a 14-terrorists group tied to the GIA, suspected of several bloody bank robberies, murders and a missed attack against a G7 meeting in Lille.


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