11 French naval engineers died in a bomb attack in the Pakistani

The Agosta submarines under review in Pakistan.

They had been helping with the construction of three Agosta 90 attack submarines, sold to Pakistan by France in 1994.
An ongoing French judicial investigation into the blast is now working on the theory the murders were in retaliation for the non-payment by France of huge cash kickbacks promised to secure the deal.
But evidence increasingly suggests that the bribe money was also ultimately destined for illegal political party funding in France.