French police kill man trying to set fire to synagogue

Police and fire brigade stand by a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen where French police have killed earlier an armed man who was trying to set fire to the building on May 17, 2024.

Emergency services were alerted after a fire was detected at the synagogue, with the man spotted on its roof brandishing an iron bar and a kitchen knife, the prosecutor handling the case said. “National police in Rouen neutralised early this morning an armed individual who clearly wanted to set fire to the city’s synagogue,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Separate investigations into the fire at the synagogue and into the circumstances of the death of the man have been opened, prosecutors said.Teillet said the policeman had been detained for questioning but added that after seeing footage of the incident he believed the use of a weapon was in line with the law and that he would be released later.

Red graffiti was painted onto France’s Holocaust Memorial this week, prompting anger, including from President Emmanuel Macron who condemned “odious anti-Semitism”.

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