Post by sevenofnine on May 17, 2024 10:40:56 GMT -5
WHOA!
French police shot and killed an armed individual who reportedly intended to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday.
"National police in Rouen neutralized early this morning an armed individual who clearly wanted to set fire to the city's synagogue," Darmanin said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
What do we know about the suspected synagogue attack?
The Franceinfo broadcaster reported police were called to the scene early on Friday because smoke was billowing from the synagogue.
Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol said a man is believed to have mounted a trash container and thrown "a sort of Molotov cocktail" into the synagogue grounds, starting a fire and causing "significant damage."
According to police, officers spotted "an individual stood on the [outside] wall of the synagogue carrying a crowbar and a 25-centimeter (9-inch) knife [which he] brandished moving towards officers who shot."
Rouen city prosecutor Frederic Teillet told the AFP news agency that "an individual set fire to the synagogue and [then] challenged police and firefighters. He then threatened a police officer with a knife, the officer made use of his firearm and the individual has died."
A resident told AFP that they heard shots and an explosion before seeing smoke rising from the synagogue and later the body of the attacker on the ground.
www.dw.com/en/french-police-kill-man-who-tried-to-set-fire-to-synagogue/a-69106181
Rouen prosecutors said that they had opened investigations into the fire at the synagogue, as well as a separate probe into the circumstances of the death of the man killed by police.
French police shot and killed an armed individual who reportedly intended to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday.
"National police in Rouen neutralized early this morning an armed individual who clearly wanted to set fire to the city's synagogue," Darmanin said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
What do we know about the suspected synagogue attack?
The Franceinfo broadcaster reported police were called to the scene early on Friday because smoke was billowing from the synagogue.
Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol said a man is believed to have mounted a trash container and thrown "a sort of Molotov cocktail" into the synagogue grounds, starting a fire and causing "significant damage."
According to police, officers spotted "an individual stood on the [outside] wall of the synagogue carrying a crowbar and a 25-centimeter (9-inch) knife [which he] brandished moving towards officers who shot."
Rouen city prosecutor Frederic Teillet told the AFP news agency that "an individual set fire to the synagogue and [then] challenged police and firefighters. He then threatened a police officer with a knife, the officer made use of his firearm and the individual has died."
A resident told AFP that they heard shots and an explosion before seeing smoke rising from the synagogue and later the body of the attacker on the ground.
www.dw.com/en/french-police-kill-man-who-tried-to-set-fire-to-synagogue/a-69106181
Rouen prosecutors said that they had opened investigations into the fire at the synagogue, as well as a separate probe into the circumstances of the death of the man killed by police.
!!
