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1 explosion, 1 vehicle attack, 1 killed, decapitated 2 arrested in Islamist terrorist attack June 26, 2015 Terrorist Attack On American Gas Factory in France American gas factory explodes after car smashes into a gas tanks at an American gas factory in France. A decapitated head and terrorist flags and messages were posted. The attack was one of five Islamist terror attacks that took place on the same day around the world, including in Tunisia, Kuwait, Somalia, and Syria. These attacks came three days after an audio message by ISIS senior leader Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was released that encouraged militant sympathizers to attack one year after ISIS declared themselves a state, during the month of Ramadan.[27] The attack occurred during heightened public fears over Islamist attacks in France, a few months after the Île-de-France attacks in January 2015, including the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

2015 Ramadan attacks: On 26 June 2015, 5 terrorist attacks occurred in France, Kuwait, Somalia, and Tunisia, one day following a deadly massacre in Syria.[1] The day of attacks has been dubbed "Bloody Friday" by international media[2][3][4][5] and "Black Friday" (French: Vendredi Noir) among Francophone media in Europe and North Africa.[6][7][8][9][10]

One attack at a Tunisian beach resort killed 39;
Bombing at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City killed 27 and injured several; while in
Kobanî a large-scale massacre by ISIL resulted in more than 223 civilians murdered, in line with over 79 assailants (including 13 suicide bombers) and 23 Kurdish militiamen,[11] dubbed the second largest massacre by ISIL since summer 2014;
Suicide bombing by ISIL in Al-Hasakeh, also in Syria, resulted in 20 fatalities;
one man was decapitated, while several were injured during the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack in France.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant senior leader Abu Mohammad al-Adnani had released an audio message three days earlier encouraging militants everywhere to attack during the month ofRamadan.[12] ISIL also claimed responsibility for the attacks in Tunisia, Syria and Kuwait.[13] According to The Guardian, there is no evidence that the attacks were coordinated among the perpetrators,[14] but their timing on a single day has received significant focused coverage.

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Beheadings --- left a severed head staked at its gates
Cars Hit Buildings ---, car plowed through the gate of a gas factory and rammed into gas canisters, touching off an explosion,
Deliberate Accidents ---
Explosion Incidents --- car plowed through the gate of a gas factory and rammed into gas canisters, touching off an explosion,
Gas and Propane Explosions ---
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Manager assassination
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Multiple Mode Incident ---
Terrorist Incidents --- described by the country’s president as a “pure terrorist attack.”
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Vehicles Ram Gas Tanks Or Meters ---
Workplace Violence - inside attack by one employee or worker against another

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"accidental" ram propane tanks March 9, 2010 Gas Pedal Confusion Rams Propane Tanks at K-Mart In Camarillo California, a 78 year old driver Patricia Oakman Ashbrook accidentally hit the gas pedal of her Toyota Avalon in reverse, damaging three cars. Then she shifted into drive at full throttle, accidentally ramming a rack of filled propane tanks which did not explode. A shaken and shocked witness described hearing "squealing and the crunching, like she was doing 80 to 90 mph". Officers blamed the driver as the car checked out with no problems.

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11/23/2015

Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack

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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack
Part of the Islamic terrorism crisis in France
The industrial estate is to the right of this image showing the town.
Location of Isère within France
Location	Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Isère, France
Coordinates	45.6428°N 5.1250°ECoordinates: 45.6428°N 5.1250°E
Date	26 June 2015 09:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Attack type	Beheading, vehicle ramming,bombing, terrorism
Weapons	Knife, Van
Deaths	1
Non-fatal injuries	2
Perpetrators	ISIS
Assailant	Yassin Salhi

A terrorist attack took place on 26 June 2015 in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier when a French Muslim of North African descent, Yassine Salhi, decapitated his employer Hervé Cornara and drove his van into gas cylinders at a gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon, France, which caused an explosion that injured two other people. Salhi was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder linked to terrorism. Three other people were questioned by the police but released without charge.

The attack occurred on the same day as several other Islamist terrorist attacks, which have subsequently been named the 2015 Ramadan attacks, though any relationship between the various incidents is disputed. French authorities believe that Salhi has links with the Islamist terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The attack occurred during heightened public fears over Islamist attacks in France, a few months after the Île-de-France attacks in January 2015, including the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

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Attack[edit]

At around 09:30 CEST (07:30 UTC) on 26 June 2015, Yassine Salhi, a delivery driver, gained entrance to the grounds of an Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near the city of Lyon. He was driving a van with his dead 54-year-old former boss, Hervé Cornara, inside it.^[1] He had tricked Cornara into getting into the van earlier that day, after which Salhi knocked him unconscious and strangled him. He then decapitated Cornara just before reaching the factory. Salhi had made regular visits to the factory, so he was known to employees at the site.^[2]^[3]

He placed Cornara's decapitated head on a fence railing and planted two Jihadist flag banners alongside it. The head had a cloth thrown over it with the Shahada written on it: "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet." The headless body and a knife were found on the ground nearby. Salhi attempted to blow up the factory by ramming several gas cylinders, causing an explosion.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Two other people were injured in the process. Video surveillance footage showed that the perpetrator also tried to open canisters containing flammable chemicals before being subdued minutes later.^[8]^[9]^[10] He shouted "Allahu Akhbar" as he met and was overpowered by firefighters responding to the scene.^[11] The perpetrator had also photographed himself with the slain victim and sent the image to at least one other person via WhatsApp to a French man who joined ISIL.^[1]^[12]

Perpetrator[edit]

Yassin Salhi
Born	March 25, 1980 (age 35) Pontarlier, France
Occupation	Delivery driver
Criminal charge	Murder, attempted murder,terrorism. destruction by means of an explosive device
Spouse(s)	Married
Children	3

Yassin Salhi (born 25 March 1980^[13]) was reported as the primary attacker, although he may not have acted alone. French police opened a file on Salhi in 2006, over suspected links with a radicalSalafist group, but it was not renewed in 2008. In 2012, he was involved in an anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish teenager; the attack took place on a train travelling from Toulouse to Lyon.^[14]^[15] At the time of the 2015 attack, he was believed to be living in Saint-Priest, Lyon, with his wife and three children.

Six years prior to the attack, Salhi spent a year in Syria with his wife and children, claiming he was there to learn Arabic. At the time of the attack, Salhi was also in regular contact with the French jihadist Sebastian Yunis, known to have left for Syria to join ISIS. Salhi claims his reason for the attack was solely based on personal motives, saying a fight with his employer who fired him as well as a dispute with his wife pushed him to do it. French authorities have linked him to the terrorist group ISIS.^[2]

Salhi's mother was Moroccan and his father, who died when Salhi was 16, was Algerian. Salhi grew up in Pontarlier, where he was tutored in Arabic by Amar Remimi, treasurer of the Philippe Grenier mosque association. In the mid-2000s, Salhi met and was radicalized by Frédéric Jean Salvi, who had served time at the nearby prison in Besançon until 2001. Salvi himself had converted to Islam while in prison, where he then become known as "Grand Ali". Salvi attended the same mosque in Pontarlier as Salhi, where he at one point was expelled for challenging the imam during a sermon.^[16] A coworker at the transport company, Abdel Karim, stated that Salhi had once asked him his opinion of Daesh. After hearing Karim's opinion, Salhi would no longer speak with him other than to say hello and goodbye.^[3]

Salhi was fired in June for incorrectly dropping equipment from a pallet, according to his lawyer, and claimed he attacked his former boss for personal reasons.^[17]

On 30 June, Salhi was charged with murder and attempted murder linked to terrorism, as well as destruction by means of an explosive substance.^[18]

Related arrests[edit]

Another man was arrested hours after the attack at his home in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. He was believed to be driving around the factory in aFord Fusion car before the attack in a suspected reconnaissance attempt.^[19]^[20] On 26 June, he was released without charge.^[20]

Salhi's wife and sister were also arrested later that day.^[7]^[12] They were released without charge two days later.^[21] Earlier, his wife gave a radio interview, in which she denied the alleged terror links to the family.^[22]

Victim[edit]

The decapitated victim was identified as Hervé Cornara, the 54-year-old manager of a transport company based in Chassieu, about 20 miles from the attack. He had employed Salhi as a delivery truck driver starting in March^[23] and fired him in June.^[17]

Air Products[edit]

The company Air Products is a United States chemical company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Its president and CEO since July 2014, Seifi Ghasemi, is an Iranian-born Shia Muslim. In April 2015 the company won a contract to build, own and operate the world's largest industrial gas complex in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Air Products officials said security had been increased at its operations around the world as a precautionary measure. The company has facilities in more than 50 countries employing more than 21,000 people.^[24]^[25]^[26]

Domestic reaction[edit]

The President of France, François Hollande, left an EU summit in Brussels to return to France. Hollande said, "The attack bears the hallmarks of a terrorist attack."^[19] The French Minister of the Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, was also reported to be traveling to the scene.^[6]^[27]

Other Islamist attacks[edit]

The attack in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier was one of five Islamist attacks that took place on the same day around the world, including in Tunisia,Kuwait, Somalia, and Syria. These attacks came three days after an audio message by ISIS senior leader Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was released that encouraged militant sympathizers to attack one year after ISIS declared themselves a state, during the month of Ramadan.^[28]

Attack[edit]

At around 09:30 CEST (07:30 UTC) on 26 June 2015, an Islamist delivery driver gained entrance to the grounds of anAir Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near the city of Lyon in a van, with his dead 54-year old boss inside the van.^[1] The driver had made regular visits to the factory, so was known to employees at the site.^[2] He placed his boss'decapitated head on a fence railing, and planted two Jihadist flag banners alongside it. The head had a cloth thrown over it with the Shahada written on it, saying, "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet." The headless body and a knife were found on the ground nearby. The driver attempted to blow up the factory by ramming several gas cylinders, causing an explosion.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Two other people were injured in the process. Video surveillance footage showed that the perpetrator also tried to open canisters containing flammable chemicals before being subdued minutes later.^[7]^[8]^[9] He shouted "Allahu Akhbar" as he met and was overpowered by firefighters responding to the scene.^[10] The perpetrator had also photographed himself with the slain victim and sent the image to at least one other person via WhatsApp to a French man who joined ISIL.^[1]^[11]

Perpetrator[edit]

Yassine Salhi (born 25 March 1980^[12]) was reported to be the primary attacker, although he may not have acted alone. French police opened a file on Salhi in 2006, over suspected links with a radical Salafist group, but it was not renewed in 2008. In 2012, he was involved in an anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish teenager; the attack took place on a train travelling from Toulouse to Lyon.^[13]^[14] At the time of the 2015 attack, he was believed to be living in Saint-Priest, Lyon, with his wife and three children.

Salhi's mother was Moroccan and his father, who died when Salhi was 16, was Algerian. Salhi grew up in Pontarlier, where he was tutored in Arabic by Amar Remimi, treasurer of the Philippe Grenier mosque association. In the mid-2000s, Salhi met and was radicalized by Frédéric Jean Salvi, who had served time at the nearby prison in Besançon until 2001. Salvi himself had converted to Islam while in prison, where he then become known as "Grand Ali". Salvi attended the same mosque in Pontarlier as Salhi, where he at one point was expelled for challenging the imam during a sermon.^[15] A coworker at the transport company, Abdel Karim, stated that Salhi had once asked him his opinion of Daesh; after hearing Karim's opinion, Salhi would no longer speak with him other than to say hello and goodbye.^[2]

Related arrests[edit]

Another man was arrested hours after the attack at his home in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. He was believed to be driving around the factory in a Ford Fusion car before the attack in a suspected reconnaissance attempt.^[16]^[17]

Salhi's wife and sister were also arrested later that day.^[6]^[11] Earlier, his wife gave a radio interview, in which she denied the alleged terror links to the family.^[18]

Victims[edit]

The decapitated victim was identified as Hervé Cornara, the 54-year-old manager of a transport company based in Chassieu, located about 20 miles from the attack. He had employed Salhi as a delivery truck driver since March.^[16]

Target[edit]

Reactions[edit]

France – The President of France, François Hollande, left an EU summit in Brussels to return to France. Hollande said, "The attack bears the hallmarks of a terrorist attack."^[16] The French Minister of the Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, was also reported to be traveling to the scene. He made a statement at 12:45CEST.^[5]^[23]

Iran – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham condemned the attacks. "This terrorist act has nothing to do with the teachings of Islam," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Saturday about the France attack, after earlier condemning the Tunisia and Kuwait attacks.^[24]

Malaysia – Prime Minister Najib Razak condemn the attack and offered his condolences. On his statement in Facebook, he said "In the strongest terms, I condemn the heinous acts of terrorism on innocent civilians in France, Tunisia and Kuwait". “These atrocities, which have caused injuries and claimed the lives of many in this holy month of Ramadan, are against the true teachings of Islam. My deepest condolences and Al-Fatihah”.^[25]

Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs the attacks in France along with attacks in Tunisia, and Kuwait. The foreign affairs body also urged the international community to continue the global campaign against terrorism saying that "Extremism and terrorism have no place in a civilized society. They also run counter to the desire of people all around the world for peace, harmony and understanding, and to global efforts to promote development and prosperity". Condolences to the families and relatives of the victims of the attack were also extended.^[26]

Bloody Friday[edit]

The attack in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier was one of five Islamist attacks that took place on the same day around the world, including in Tunisia, Kuwait, Somalia, andSyria. These attacks came three days after an audio message by ISIS senior leader Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was released that encouraged militant sympathizers to attack one year after ISIS declared themselves a state, during the month of Ramadan.^[27]

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	Lyon portal

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June 29, 2015 French Gas Plant Attack Suspect Sent 'Selfie' With Severed Head Wall Street Journal The suspect behind an attack at an industrial gas plant in France on Friday took a photo of ... Mr. Salhi sent the selfie of himself with his boss's head to a Canadian phone number number Yassin Salhi 35 yr old detained. Victim was 54 year old boss, he claimed the attack was because of a conflict he had with his manager, it was not related to politics or terrorism. but police show attack elements show terrorist intent. The boss was beheaded before he entered the plant and tried to blow it up.

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Other Islamist attacks[edit]

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