The French police have killed – “neutralized”, according to the language used by the security forces – an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the city of Rouen, 130 kilometers northwest of Paris, according to the Minister of the Interior. , Gérald Darmanin. The individual was armed with a knife and when he approached the police, they shot him. “I congratulate you [a los agentes de policía] for his response capacity and bravery,” Darmanin said in a message on the social network X. According to local authorities, the attacker was also carrying an iron bar. The identity and motives of the attacker are unknown at this time.
The incident took place around 6:45 a.m., when security forces moved to the area due to the presence of smoke. There have been no victims.
The mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignaol, said that the attack had affected the Jewish community and that the entire city was shocked. Elie Korchia, president of the Jewish Central Consistory of France, said that the police had “avoided another anti-Semitic tragedy.” Regional broadcaster France 3 reported that firefighters were at the scene. The fire has now been controlled, according to a city council official.
The Rouen prosecutor, Frédéric Teillet, according to the French newspaper Le Mondehas opened two investigations, one into the burning of a place of worship and violence against people who hold public powers, and another into the circumstances of the individual’s death.
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