It was now that Didier selected a new target : René Bousquet , the collaborationist police chief in the Pétain government . Bousquet was ( and despite never having been tried and convicted , still is ) widely thought to have been the principal organiser of the " Vel ' d'Hiv Roundup " , the " 26 August 1942 Roundup " six weeks later , the " Marseilles Roundup " of January 1943 and of other actions supporting the elimination of Jews in occupied Europe . On the morning of 8 June 1993 Cristian Didier lit a candle to Saint Joan of Arc . He then made his way to the apartment bloc in which Bousquet had his Paris home on the Avenue Raphaël in the 16th arrondissement . Bousquet at this time was under criminal investigation in connection with his wartime activities : according to at least one source he faced " imminent trial for crimes against humanity " . Didier explained that he was a document courier with papers from the Interior Ministry that urgently needed to be delivered to Bousquet , thereby gaining admittance to the building . He now continued up to Bousquet 's apartment on the sixth floor . Bousquet opened the door himself and Didier repeated his explanation that he had documents that needed to be delivered urgently , while reaching into his bag , supposedly for the documents . However , instead of documents he took out a revolver , with which he shot René Bousquet dead , using four or five bullets . ( Sources differ . ) He later explained that he had to use four bullets because the first couple of shots did nothing to stop Bousquet , who was now advancing on him , trying to hit him , and swearing at him . He had been afraid that Bousquet 's dog would attack him , but the dog fled at the first shot
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