{"id":8607,"date":"2024-05-19T00:13:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T00:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8607"},"modified":"2024-05-19T00:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T00:13:39","slug":"police-shoot-dead-armed-attacker-trying-to-set-fire-to-synagogue-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8607","title":{"rendered":"Police shoot dead armed attacker trying to set fire to synagogue in France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police have shot dead an armed attacker who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

A male suspect entered the building early Friday morning and threw what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail, the local mayor said.<\/p>\n

The man climbed on top of a trash bin and got to the second floor of the synagogue,\u00a0then threw the projectile into the building causing a fire, Rouen mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol told journalists at the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was [quickly] brought down by security forces before trying to wrestle with them. He then tried to assault security forces with a knife, a long knife,\u201d the mayor said, adding it was then when security forces opened fired and killed the suspect.<\/p>\n

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No one was hurt during the attempted attack, according to Mayer-Rossignol. Police arrived very quickly, partially because they saw the suspect on security cameras, he said.<\/p>\n

The local prosecutor\u2019s office has launched two inquiries, one into the arson and the other into the police firing of arms, Mayer-Rossignol said.<\/p>\n

Chmouel Lubecki,\u00a0a rabbi at the synagogue, told CNN affiliate BFMTV on Friday morning: \u201cUnfortunately, we were expecting this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all have this worry inside of us, but when it actually happens, it is still shocking,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted his support for the police who intervened.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly this morning, police officers in Rouen killed an armed individual clearly intent on setting fire to the city\u2019s synagogue. I congratulate them on their responsiveness and courage,\u201d Darmanin said.<\/p>\n

Rouen authorities had increased police presence at the city\u2019s synagogue following the October 7 attacks in Israel.<\/p>\n

Security measures have ramped up at Jewish institutions across France in response to tensions around the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. Darmanin last month announced additional security at synagogues and Jewish schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Passover approaches and given the current international situation, I have told local officials to significantly step up security at places visited by our Jewish compatriots, especially with regard to synagogues and Jewish schools,\u201d the minister wrote on X.<\/p>\n

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