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☆ Jewish homes and businesses defaced with antisemitic graffiti in France
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Caroline Baum | Sérène Nourrisson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —At least 10 Jewish homes and businesses around Paris and a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen have been defaced, according to police, with antisemitism being considered as a motive. The acts of vandalism came as France marked 10 years since the Paris terrorist attacks that shook the country. A rabbi’s home and a synagogue in Rouen were also targeted with antisemitic messages and swastikas scrawled on the buildings. French interior minister Bruno Retailleau denounced the vandalism targeting the French Jewish community, and the growing antisemitism. “The Jewish community represents less than 1% of the population, and is the victim of 57% of all anti-religious attacks,” Retailleau told French media Tuesday.

Persons: Charlie Hebdo, Lou Benoist, Natacha Ben Haïm, Ben Haïm, ”, ” Ben Haïm, “, Yonathan, Bruno Retailleau, ” Retailleau Organizations: CNN, Getty, Israelite Religious, of Rouen, Representative, Jewish, RTL Locations: Paris, French, Rouen, France, Vincennes, Saint, Fontenay, AFP, it’s

☆ Rouen fire: Blaze breaks out in spire of French cathedral
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A fire broke out in the spire of the cathedral in the French city of Rouen on Thursday morning. The blaze erupted at the top of the spire of the gothic Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Rouen, in the northern region of Normandy. The prefecture confirmed on X that the cathedral was evacuated following the outbreak of the flames and that emergency services were working at the scene. “I turn around and I see the cathedral spire, the tarpaulin that was protecting the restoration work, which was burning, big flames, black smoke.”The construction of Rouen cathedral dates from the 12th century and it was built and rebuilt over a period of 800 years. This blaze comes five years after a massive fire broke out in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, devastating large parts of the 850-year-old church.

Persons: Stéphane, Patrick Waeselynck, ’ ”, Claude Monet Organizations: CNN, Assumption, Normandy’s, Reuters, Notre Dame Cathedral Locations: French, Rouen, Normandy, Normandy’s prefecture, Oise, Paris

☆ French Police Shoot and Kill Man Who Set Fire to Synagogue
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The police shot and killed a man in northern France on Friday after he set fire to a synagogue in the city of Rouen and attacked officers who tried to stop him, the French authorities said. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the mayor of Rouen, a city of about 110,000 people, told reporters that firefighters had brought the outbreak of flames under control and that no one other than the assailant had been harmed. The identity and motives of the man who attacked the synagogue were not immediately clear, but the French authorities were treating the incident as an antisemitic act. Local prosecutors have opened an investigation into “religiously motivated arson” and assault. The authorities in France have raised the alarm about a surge of antisemitic incidents across the country in recent months, against the backdrop of the war in Gaza.

Persons: Nicolas Mayer Organizations: Rossignol Locations: France, Rouen, Gaza

☆ Rouen, France: Police shoot dead armed attacker trying to set fire to synagogue
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —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. A male suspect entered the building early Friday morning and threw what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail, the local mayor said. “He 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,” the mayor said, adding it was then when security forces opened fired and killed the suspect. “Early this morning, police officers in Rouen killed an armed individual clearly intent on setting fire to the city’s synagogue.

Persons: Nicolas Mayer, Rossignol, “, Mayer, Gerald Darmanin, ” Darmanin, Darmanin Organizations: Paris CNN — Police, Rossignol . Police, France’s Locations: French, Rouen, Israel, France, Gaza

Here’s what we know so far about the escaped inmate, as a search involving hundreds of police officers enters its second day. ‘Well known’ to authoritiesMohamed Amra, nicknamed “La Mouche” or “The Fly,” is “very well known” to the French justice system having sustained a total of 13 convictions, according to Paris state prosecutor Laure Beccuau. It is understood that Amra had attempted to escape from Évreux prison two days prior to the ambush. So colleagues moved him to a disciplinary unit.”In an interview on French radio, Amra’s mother said she broke down crying when she heard about the deadly ambush. French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti told reporters that the incident was the first time a French prison employee has died while working since 1992.

Persons: Mohamed Amra, “, Laure Beccuau, Amra, Amra’s, Hugues Vivier, Beccuau, BFMTV, Emmanuel Baudin, ”, France’s, Christophe Petit Tesson, Gerald Darmanin, Eric Dupond, Moretti, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: CNN, Reuters, France’s RTL, Interpol Locations: Normandy, France, Rouen, Évreux, Paris, Marseilles, Marseille

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