Fear of fear in Marseille.
A man armed with a knife tried to enter the Yavne Jewish school this Friday morning, report our colleagues from France Bleu and La Provence.
Security officers turned him back, then arrested him at a nearby kosher grocery store.
The municipal police then the Bac (anti-crime brigade) then intervened.
Strengthening security
According to Provence, the man would be around sixty years old and he would have arrived on site in a black Seat brand car.
The demining services must go on site in order to rule out any danger and investigators from the departmental security were seized of the investigation, specifies the daily.
France Bleu announces for its part that the prefect of police of Bouches-du-Rhône has given instructions to "immediately strengthen security" around the sites of the Jewish community of Marseille.
Police and soldiers from Operation Sentinel will be mobilized for these patrols.