Originally Posted by
BRUpax
And if I recall correctly, no TGV train has ever been bombed. I believe that explosives were discovered on track used by the TGV and that was all.
From
WikiPedia:
31 December 1983: Terrorist bombing
Trainset involved: Sud-Est, unknown
Service: Marseille to Paris, unknown
Location: Near Tain-l'Hermitage, south of Lyon in the Rhône Valley
Injuries: 2 people died in the bombing of the TGV.
The bomb was placed in a luggage rack in a trailer vestibule. It exploded at about the same time as another bomb which was placed in a baggage locker in the Marseille St-Charles station. The toll from both bombs totalled 5 dead and 50 injured. Both bombs were the work of the infamous terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
I'm not certain of the attribution to 'Carlos', that may be speculation - but this is WikiPedia. The other facts I believe are correct.