2024-08-25 00:29:50
The suspect in a bombing in front of a synagogue in southern France has been arrested. This was announced by Acting Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on the evening of October 10. The suspect opened fire before being arrested, the counter-terrorism prosecutor’s office said. Emergency services returned fire, causing injuries to his face.
Nearly 200 police and gendarmes searched for the suspect for several hours. After multiple searches, he was eventually captured in Nimes, about 40 kilometers from the site of the attack in La Grande Motte. Two people close to the man were also detained by police.
Two doors of a synagogue in the town of La Grande Motte, near Montpellier, were set on fire on Saturday morning. Two cars in front of the building also caught fire and a nearby gas bottle exploded. One police officer was slightly injured. Five people who were in the synagogue at the time were not injured.
The Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office is investigating cases of terrorism-related attempted murder, the formation of terrorist organizations and the use of dangerous means to carry out sabotage. “Preliminary investigations indicate that the perpetrators were carrying Palestinian flags and weapons,” the prosecutor’s office said. It will also investigate how the alleged perpetrator prepared the crime and how he escaped.
Current French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Interior Minister Darmanin went to the scene of the attack that afternoon. Attal condemned the act as anti-Semitic. “We can assume that we have escaped absolute drama,” the prime minister said.
Attar explained that according to preliminary findings, the perpetrator was very determined. Attar said if the synagogue had been packed when the crime occurred and people had gone outside, someone would have likely died. His behavior is outrageous. The prime minister also cited the rising number of anti-Semitic attacks in France.
“The fight against anti-Semitism is an ongoing fight, a fight of the United Nations,” President Macron wrote on the
Yonathan Arfi, president of the French Federation of Jewish Organizations, said worshipers were expected to arrive at the synagogue when the blast occurred. This was not only an attack on a place of worship but an attempt to kill Jews.
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