US EditionFrench police fatally shoot a man suspected of planning to set fire to a synagogue
- French police fatally shot an armed suspect planning a synagogue attack in Rouen, northern France, according to the interior minister.
- The individual's intent to set fire to the town's synagogue led to the police intervention.
- The suspect, armed with a knife and iron bar, was killed during the incident.
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The French government appears to be “deeply affected” following the arson attack on a synagogue in Rouen. The perpetrator had been searched for several weeks.
French police kill Algerian trying to set fire to synagogue
French police on Friday shot dead an Algerian man armed with a knife and an iron bar who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, adding to concerns over anti-Semitic violence in the country.
PARIS — In France, police shot dead a man armed with a knife and a metal bar suspected of wanting to set fire to a synagogue in Rouen, Normandy, on Friday. The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, confirmed on the social network X that the armed individual had been “neutralized”. “In Rouen, the national police officers neutralized early this (Friday) morning an armed individual who clearly wanted to set fire to the city's synagogue.…
Friday, May 17, 2024, the Public Prosecutor of Rouen, Frédéric Teillet, held a press conference after the synagogue attack in the city center of Rouen. What needs to be remembered..
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