Jean-Claude Blanchard

 

 

Age: Not stated

 

Summary: French marine engineer who was among one of six people killed by a devastating July 15 suitcase bomb explosion set by Armenian terrorists at Paris' Orly Airport when the bomb exploded at a Turkish Airlines check-in counter in the airport's south terminal, sending flames through the crowd of passengers checking in for a flight to Istanbul and wounded at least 55 others in the blast, in which a terrorist group called the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia has taken responsibility for the attack as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian Genocide.

 

 

Cause of Death: Killed in a bomb attack

 

Born: 19??

 

Died: July 15, 1983

 

Location: Paris, France