Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack

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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack
Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe
The industrial estate is to the right of this image showing the town.
Location of Isère within France
Location	Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Isère, France
Coordinates	45°38′34″N 5°07′30″E / 45.6428°N 5.1250°E / 45.6428; 5.1250
Date	26 June 2015 (2015-06-26) 09:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Attack type	Beheading, vehicle ramming
Weapons	Knife, Van
Deaths	1
Injured	2
Perpetrators	Yassin Salhi
Motive	Islamic extremism

A terrorist attack took place on 26 June 2015 in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon, France, when a man, Yassin Salhi, decapitated his employer Hervé Cornara and drove his van into gas cylinders at a gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon, France, which caused an explosion that injured two other people. Salhi was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder linked to terrorism. Three other people were questioned by the police but released without charge. Salhi committed suicide at Fleury-Mérogis Prison in December that year.

The attack occurred on the same day as several other Islamist terrorist attacks, which have subsequently been named the 2015 Ramadan attacks, though any relationship between the various incidents is disputed. French authorities believe that Salhi has links with the Islamist terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The attack occurred during heightened public fears over Islamist attacks in France, a few months after the Île-de-France attacks in January 2015, including the Charlie Hebdo shooting.