The target chosen for the attack was a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide on the rue Etienne Dolet which was inaugurated on 24 April 1984 , the 69th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide . The Turkish press denounced the monument as a " monument of hate " . About a week after the inauguration , three bombs were reported to have exploded on 3 May 1984 , resulting in thirteen injuries , two of them serious . The monument , made of Khachkar stone , was severely damaged in the blasts . The mayor of Alfortville at the time , Joseph Franceschi , who was also the Secretary of State for Public Security , condemned the attack . Jean Poperen , who was the National Secretary for the Socialist Party of France , also condemned the attack and expressed his solidarity with the Armenians of France
Armenian Genocide
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Alfortville Armenian Genocide Memorial bombings