This is a list of people who have been targets of assassination by the French government.
Assassinations +TargetNationalityPositionDateCityCountryPerpetratorMethodAyyash Al-HajSyrian revolutionary1926JablehFrench Mandate authoritiesPoisoned.Mandel Szkolnikoff/Businessman and Nazi collaborator10 June 1945El Molar, MadridDirection générale des études et recherchesAccidentally given fatal overdose during kidnapping.Farhat HachedLabor unionist5 December 1952Near RadèsLa Main RougeShot to death."Homo" OperationsVariousVarious1954—1962VariousSDECEDone throughout the Algerian War. Responsible for the assassinations of roughly 100—200 people.Jacques Lemaigre-DubreuilBusinessman, activist11 June 1955CasablancaLa Main RougeShot.Mostefa Ben BoulaïdNational Liberation Front commander22 March 1956ArrisFrench ArmyDetonation of booby-trapped radio device.Larbi Ben M'hidiNational Liberation Front member4 March 1957AlgiersFrench paratroopersTorture murder.Ali BoumendjelNational Liberation Army fighter, lawyer23 March 1957El Biar, AlgiersFrench ArmyThrown out of a window.Rahal SaadPharmacist, National Liberation Army associateApril 1957MeknesFrench paramilitary soldiersParcel bomb.Maurice AudinPolitical activist, mathematician21 June 1957AlgiersSoldiers of the 10th Parachute DivisionTorture murder.Georges GeiserTechnician, manufacturer of explosives detonators9 September 1957GenevaLa Main RougeStabbed.Marcel LéopoldArms dealer and entrepreneur19 September 1957GenevaLa Main RougePoisoned by dart gun.Leo GeiserArms dealer9 November 1957GenevaLa Main RougePoisoned by dart gun and stabbed.Ruben Um NyobèPolitician13 September 1958Nyong-et-KelléFrench ArmyShot to death.Améziane Aït AhcèneLawyer, ambassador of the Algerian Front de Libération Nationale5 November 1958BonnLa Main RougeShot and died of his injuries.Georg PuchertArms dealer3 May 1959FrankfurtLa Main RougeCar bomb.Amokrane Ould Aoudia / Student, National Liberation Army lawyer23 May 1959ParisSDECEShot to death.Félix-Roland MoumiéAnti-colonialist leader3 November 1960GenevaWilliam BechtelPoisoned with thalium.Fernando Pereira / Photographer10 July 1985AucklandDirectorate General for External SecurityDrowned in deliberate sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.Omar Ould HamahaSpokesman and chief of staff for both Ansar Dine and Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa8 March 2014KidalSpecial Operations Command (France)Air strike.Ahmed al-TilemsiSenior figure of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and al-Mourabitoun10–11 December 2014TabankortFrench Special ForcesShot in raid.Mokhtar BelmokhtarLeader of the group Al-Murabitoun, smuggler, weapons dealerNovember 2016UnknownFrench Air and Space ForceAir strike.Abdelmalek DroukdelEmir of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb3 June 2020TalahandakFrench Special ForcesAir strike.Ba Ag MoussaMilitant and jihadist10 November 2020EssoukFrench Special ForcesShot in special military operation.Adnan Abu Walid al-SahrawiFirst Emir of the Islamic State – Sahel Province17 August 2021Dangalous ForestFrench Armed ForcesDrone strike.
Attempted assassinations TargetNationalityPositionDateCityCountryPerpetratorMethodAhmed Ben BellaNational Liberation Front leaderJuly 1956CairoFrench paramilitary soldiersShooting.Otto SchlüterArmourer for the State of Hamburg26 September 1956HamburgLa Main RougeBomb. Assistant killed in attempt.Ahmed KamalArms dealerMarch 1957MadridFrench paramilitary soldiersShooting.Allal al-FassiMoroccan nationalist leaderApril 1957TangierFrench paramilitary soldiersRemote-controlled charge.Otto SchlüterArmourer for the State of Hamburg3 June 1957HamburgLa Main RougeCar bomb. Schlüter's mother killed in attempt.Louis TonnelotDirector of the Maurice-Loustau HospitalJune 1957OujdaFrench paramilitary soldiersBombing.Bou ZidiaNational Liberation Front associateAugust 1957RabatFrench paramilitary soldiersShooting. Only injured.Marcel LéopoldArms dealer and entrepreneurSeptember 1957GenevaFrench paramilitary soldiersShooting.Omar OuamraneNational Liberation Front leaderSeptember 1957TunisFrench paramilitary soldiersRemotel-controlled charge. Detonated prematurely and killed operators rather than Ouamrane.Tayeb BoulahroufMilitant and jihadistMay 1959RomeLa Main RougeCar bombing. 10 year old killed in attempt.
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