“Everything is being done to find the author of this unspeakable act.
» The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, denounced this Saturday evening, on anti-Semitic acts.
According to our information, he refers to the attack on a sixty-year-old man on Friday evening near a synagogue in the 20th arrondissement of the capital.
According to initial information, a new anti-Semitic attack took place in Paris yesterday evening.
Everything is being done to find the author of this unspeakable act.
Furthermore, on my instructions, since yesterday the prefects have been strengthening surveillance of places frequented by… https://t.co/nh7VDnIKzN
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) March 2, 2024
The events occurred at 5:30 p.m., we learned from a police source and the mayor of the 20th arrondissement, Éric Pliez.
Wearing a kippah, the victim, “sitting near the synagogue”, was, according to her account, attacked by an individual insulting her because of her religion.
He also allegedly punched and kicked him several times.
The alleged perpetrator has not yet been found.
The victim, a resident of the 20th arrondissement, was taken by firefighters to the Croix Saint-Simon hospital.
According to Éric Pliez, the sixty-year-old suffers in particular from a broken nose.
Strengthened protection of the Jewish community
Gérald Darmanin asked prefects on Friday to strengthen protection measures for the Jewish community, particularly around schools and places of worship, after the events of recent days in Gaza.
“Given the high level of the terrorist threat which continues to weigh on our country and the tensions in the Middle East which have experienced a sudden increase in recent days (…) I ask you to please proceed with an immediate strengthening of security measures. security concerning the sites of the Jewish community", "in particular with regard to schools" is written in this telegram.