"Dirty Jew", "Free Palestine", "thieves"….
This Friday, the images broadcast on Twitter of Mac Queen, a kosher restaurant ransacked and tagged with anti-Semitic messages, rue Manin (19th century), outraged.
On the night of Thursday to Friday, this fast-food restaurant which serves hamburgers in a red decor from the 1970s, located between the 19th century town hall and the Buttes-Chaumont park, had its walls and floor tagged with swastikas and anti-Semitic insults.
The furniture has been returned.
The leatherette benches were torn.
The restaurant was partially flooded.
No threats before
On Twitter, Anne Hidalgo, the mayor (PS) of Paris, “condemned with the greatest firmness this odious act of anti-Semitic vandalism.
All my support to our friends in the Jewish community.
We will not let it go ”.
Nicolas Nordman, his security assistant, also expressed all his “support for the targeted trader”.
And indicated that "the prosecution has been seized and the authors must now be prosecuted and punished".
The investigation of the head of voluntary degradation and anti-Semitic inscriptions was entrusted to the 2nd DPJ (Judicial Police District) of the Paris judicial police.
François Dagnaud, the mayor (PS) of the 19th century, went there this Friday morning.
“The Iron Curtain has been forced and raised.
Kitchen equipment was broken ”
The events took place after the closure, between 11 p.m. and 9 a.m., in this district which is home to a large Jewish community.
Rue Manin (19th century) offers several kosher shops, restaurants and grocery stores.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the trader had not received any threats before.
"Nobody heard anything last night," said a police source.
Still, there must have been some noise.
The Iron Curtain has been forced and raised.
Kitchen equipment was broken ”.
"LeMac Queen had just reopened after a closure, specifies a source familiar with the matter, and was experiencing financial difficulties".
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CCTV footage of the street was to be viewed by investigators.
This Friday, the forensic scientists, looking for traces and clues, searched the scene and took fingerprints.
