A man, apparently a member of the Belier party, is killed when a bomb prematurely explodes. A second bomb explodes an hour later in the home of the Sanglier group which opposes Jura separatism. This occurs 2 days after the Swiss supreme court confirms the jail sentence of a Belier member for a bomb attack in 1986. Swiss police say that the Belier party planned a series of bomb attacks. Future planned attacks, according to the police, include attacks on a statue of legendary national hero William Tell, an arms depot and an army barracks.
Police also discover several arms caches.
Belier party leader Daniel Pape is arrested and a cache of about 50 grenades is found in his attic. The hamlet wishes to leave the canton of Berne and join the canton of Jura . The movement seems to have died down during the 1990's, however. While the violence is sporadic and sometimes does not surface for several years, it may flare up at any time. Also, information on the activities of the separatists is difficult to come by in the English-language press and it is possible that there is some activity that is not being reported.