Car Bomb Targets Nazi Hunters Klarsfelds in France, July 9, 1979
A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
Date: July 9, 1979
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