Garde-Colombe

Garde-Colombe (Vivaro-Alpine: Garda Colomba) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of southeastern France.

The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Eyguians, Lagrand and Saint-Genis.

[3] The newly minted commune was the location of the 20 July 2016 knife attack on a mother and her three daughters (aged 8,[4] 12, and 14) at a local VVF Lagrand resort.

[7] Boufarkouch, who has been on disability since 2009,[8] was in Garde-Colombe with his two daughters and his pregnant wife.

The prosecutor indicated that terrorism is not seen as a prime motivator, and indicated there were "no signs of religious radicalisation" and the suspect's practice of the Muslim religion "has been moderate.