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French Police Fatally Shoot a Man Suspected of Setting Fire to a Synagogue
ROUEN, France (AP) — France’s Interior Minister said Friday that a man who was shot and killed by police after a suspected arson attack on a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen was an Algerian national who’d sought medical treatment in France and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist. The minister, Gerald Darmanin, praised […]
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French police shoot and kill man who tried to set fire to synagogue
Police in the city of Rouen in northern France have shot dead a man who they said tried to set fire to the local synagogue. Writing on the social media platform X, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin congratulated the police officers on their courage and response. According to reports on broadcaster Franceinfo, the police were called in the early morning because smoke was billowing from the synagogue. When the officers arrived at the scene, they were confronted by a man armed with a knife and an...
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French police kill armed man suspected of setting fire to synagogue
Police in France have shot dead an armed man who was suspected of setting fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, the authorities...