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"More carnage than in Bataclan": the synagogue of Béziers and the Ménard couple targeted by threats

2021-06-11T03:34:47.239Z


The president of the Jewish association of Béziers received a letter on Wednesday of threats of death and mass killing. The author of the cib mail


Maurice Abitbol, ​​president of the Jewish association of Béziers (Hérault), has already received insulting letters, but never so violent and explicit.

"I want to tell you that I personally hate this shit breed," wrote the author of the letter received Wednesday.

"You are parasites and even the cancer of humanity", continues the individual, who claims to have bought two weapons of war, specifying: "I will wait until the synagogues are full of vermin, so I do more. carnage than at Bataclan.

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Robert Ménard, the mayor of Béziers, and his wife Emmanuelle, member of the constituency, were also cited in the threatening letter. "I will go see my dear friend Ménard, his wife and his advisers and I will empty my magazine on it", it is written in the letter. The elected official close to the National Gathering made the letter public by posting it on Twitter on Thursday. “This is what it costs right-wing elected officials to always stand alongside the Jewish community in the face of anti-Semitism. The Jewish community of Béziers, Emmanuelle (

Editor's note: his wife

) and I filed a complaint, ”he said in his tweet.

This is the threat letter received yesterday morning at the # Béziers synagogue.

This is what it costs right-wing elected officials to always stand alongside the Jewish community in the face of anti-Semitism.

The Jewish community of Béziers, Emmanuelle and I filed a complaint.

pic.twitter.com/BpDQhT3eVR

- Robert Ménard (@RobertMenardFR) June 10, 2021

The letter is signed, with a name and an address, Maurice Abitbol told France Bleu with astonishment.

Do the coordinates correspond to the author of the missive?

An investigation was opened for "threats of crimes against people because of race, ethnicity, Nation or religion" and for "death threats against elected officials", announced the prosecutor of Béziers.

"We will do everything to find them"

“All this says the folly of people, lamented Robert Ménard, in the regional daily Midi Libre. I cannot let this go. I cannot, especially in the current climate of hatred towards elected officials. I am flabbergasted by so much hatred. "And the mayor added to the microphone of France Bleu:" We must tell these people that it will end in court, that we will do everything possible to find and sanction them. "

“I too am amazed by so much hatred and ineptitude, reacted the deputy Emmanuelle Ménard, questioned by Midi libre. We are paying, along with Robert, for our unwavering support for the Jewish community and this is not rational. Today we live in a climate of violence that continues to grow against elected officials, police and firefighters. We are reaching a degree of exasperation among the population which no longer has any limits. All this highlights a serious problem of educating the population. "

Source: leparis

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