French police kill man who set fire to Rouen synagogue

PARIS – French police in Rouen shot dead an armed man who set fire to the city's synagogue, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and local officials said on May 17.

The incident occurred in central Rouen, 130km north-west of Paris, early on the morning of May 17, Mr Darmanin said in a post on social network X.He was carrying a knife and iron bar, according to local authorities. France hosts the Olympic Summer Games in July and recently raised its alert status to the highest level against a complex geopolitical backdrop in the Middle East and Europe's eastern flank.

Mr Elie Korchia, the president of France’s Consistoire Central Jewish worshippers body, said police had “avoided another anti-Semitic tragedy”. Regional broadcaster France 3 said firefighters were on the site. The fire had been brought under control, a Rouen city hall official said.The city in 2016 was rocked by an attack later claimed by the Islamic State, when a priest was killed with a knife during service in town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in the southern part of Rouen's urban agglomeration. REUTERSResend verification e-mail

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