Paris – While Hamas launched a bloody offensive in southern Israel on Saturday October 7, 2023, several people were arrested in Paris , suspected of having committed antisemitic acts in the capital.
Arrest in front of a Jewish school
Sunday October 8, 2023, a first arrest took place around 1:50 p.m. A man who made anti-Semitic remarks near a Jewish school in the 19th arrondissement was taken into police custody.
The latter would have tried to enter the establishment by talking about a “bomb”, indicates Le Parisien . Contrary to what was relayed on social networks, the arrested person was not carrying knives.
“150 dead is not enough”
A few moments later, in the 16th arrondissement, another man was arrested for the same reason in front of a synagogue . “Dirty Jews, 150 dead is not enough,” the individual reportedly shouted, again according to Le Parisien . On the night of October 8 to 9, 2023, same story. Four people, allegedly intoxicated, uttered antisemitic insults on the Jena Bridge .
“The Paris public prosecutor’s office will decide on the qualifications to be retained and the direction to be provided based on the precise elements which will be reported to it in each particular case,” indicated the Paris public prosecutor’s office . Since the attack in Israel, the Ministry of the Interior has reinforced security in front of synagogues and Jewish community places throughout France.
