Incident Summary:

01/05/2009: On Monday, in Toulouse, France, a car that was set on fire with petrol bombs was pushed into the door of the a synagogue. About a dozen people were inside the synagogue at the time but nobody was hurt and the building only suffered slight damage. Police found unexploded petrol bombs inside a second car, which did not catch on fire. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.

Overview

GTD ID:
200901050014

When:
2009-01-05

Country:
France

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Midi Pyrenees

City:
Toulouse

Location Details:
The attack took place in Toulouse.

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Religious Figures/Institutions
Name of Entity
Specific Description	The synagogue was the target.
Nationality of Target	France

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Incendiary	Gasoline or Alcohol
Weapon Details
A vehicle was set on fire and used in the attack. Unexploded petrol bombs were intended for the attack as well.

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	0
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Yahoo News, "French Police Arrest Three for Synagogue Attack," Reuters, http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090119/wl_nm/us_france_synagogue_arrests;_ylt=AjQxqJKTZmbLGBtJLcOWvHl0bBAF (January 19, 2009)."
"Expatica, "Two Teenagers Over French Synagogue Attack," http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/Two-teenagers-charged-over-French-synagogue-attack-_48878.html (January 22, 2009)."
"BBC Monitoring, "Petrol Bombs Hit French Synagogue," BBC Monitoring, Janurary 12, 2009."