This was confirmed by the German Press Agency (dpa) in Paris. According to the current Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, the perpetrator is still being sought.
In the morning, two cars caught fire in front of the synagogue near Montpellier. A gas bottle exploded in one of the vehicles, a spokesman for the gendarmerie said. A police officer was injured. No one was injured in the building.
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Two doors of the synagogue were also set on fire. It is unclear whether this happened before or after the explosion.
France’s acting Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ordered the immediate increase in the presence of security forces in front of Jewish places of worship. On X he wrote of an “obviously criminal attempted arson”. He expressed his full support to the Jewish community.
Prime Minister speaks of anti-Semitic act
Prime Minister Attal spoke on X of an anti-Semitic act. “Once again, our Jewish fellow citizens have been targeted.”
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