Incident Summary:

11/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at Comptoir Voltaire restaurant in 11th arrondissement, Paris, France. The suicide bomber was killed and at least one other person was injured in the blast. This was one of eight coordinated attacks carried out in Paris on the same day. Later reports state that an additional 132 people were injured across all eight incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for France's participation in the United States-led coalition that carried out airstrikes on ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria.

GTD ID:
201511130007

When:
2015-11-13

Country:
France

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Ile-de-France

City:
Paris

Location Details:
The incident occurred at Comptoir Voltaire in the 11th Arrondissement.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Comptoir Voltaire
Specific Description Restaurant
Nationality of Target France
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Suicide (carried bodily by human being)
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?Yes
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information Casualties numbers conflict across sources. Following GTD protocol, the most recent reliable estimates are reported here. Casualty numbers represent a division of the total number of those wounded across incidents 201511130002, 201511130003, 201511130004, 201511130005, 201511130006, 201511130007, 201511130008, and 201511130009.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Posted to website, blog, etc.)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 1
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 18 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 1
Total Number of Injured 18
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"For Survivors of Paris Attacks, Mental Scars May Outlast Wounds," The New York Times, November 30, 2015.
"Three Hours of Terror in Paris, Moment by Moment," The New York Times, November 15, 2015.
"Paris terror attack: Everything we know on Saturday afternoon," The Telegraph, November 21, 2015.