Authorities in France have increased security at Jewish houses of worship across the country in the wake of an explosion outside a synagogue that President Emmanuel Macron denounced as a “terrorist act.”tes/2/2024/08/i-learned-arson-attacks-vehicles-88230406.jpg?re
A police officer was hurt when two parked cars outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte, near Montpellier, were set on fire and exploded Saturday morning.
Two of the synagogue’s doors were damaged in the blast, France24 reported.
It was not immediately clear how many people were inside the synagogue at the time of the fire. No other injuries were reported.
A gas canister was found in one of the cars, the outlet noted.
Multiple news organizations in France have obtained what they said was a CCTV image of a man in a keffiyeh, with a Palestinian flag tied around his waist, leaving the scene.
“Our thoughts are with the congregation at the Grande-Motte synagogue and all the Jews in our country,” Macron wrote on X.“Everything is being done to find the perpetrator of this terrorist act and to protect places of worship. The fight against anti-Semitism is a constant battle, that of a united nation.”
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin vowed that “all means are being mobilized” to find the perpetrator.
A police officer was hurt when two parked cars outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte, near Montpellier, were set on fire and exploded Saturday morning.
Two of the synagogue’s doors were damaged in the blast, France24 reported.
It was not immediately clear how many people were inside the synagogue at the time of the fire. No other injuries were reported.
A gas canister was found in one of the cars, the outlet noted.
Multiple news organizations in France have obtained what they said was a CCTV image of a man in a keffiyeh, with a Palestinian flag tied around his waist, leaving the scene.
“Our thoughts are with the congregation at the Grande-Motte synagogue and all the Jews in our country,” Macron wrote on X.“Everything is being done to find the perpetrator of this terrorist act and to protect places of worship. The fight against anti-Semitism is a constant battle, that of a united nation.”
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin vowed that “all means are being mobilized” to find the perpetrator.
