STORY: :: Police in northern France have shot dead a man who set fire to a synagogue:: Rouen, France:: May 17, 2024:: Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, Rouen Mayor "An individual tried to enter the synagogue. He purportedly climbed over a trash can, went up to the first floor, and supposedly threw a burning element in the synagogue, a sort of Molotov cocktail with a fire starter.”“When we attack the Jewish community, we attack the national community, we attack France, we attack all French citizens. And...
French police on Friday shot dead a man armed with a knife and a crowbar who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, adding to concerns over an upsurge of anti-Semitic violence in the country.
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BERWICK — A man was arrested on attempted murder charges in Berwick after allegedly threatening to kill and shooting at police officers.Aydan Rhodes, 18, was booked Monday by the Berwick Police Department on three counts of attempted first degree murder and illegal use of weapons.According to police, officers initially responded to a call of a suicidal man at a house on Erhlich Street around 9:45 a.m. When they entered the house, police were reportedly met by a shotgun pointed at them by...
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka police arrested a local man for allegedly trying to set a school on fire Sunday. The Topeka Police Department (TPD) announced in a press release Monday morning that officers were called at 5:45 p.m. on May 5 for Robinson Middle School at 1125 SW 14th Street. Officers were informed someone was []
French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having started a fire that charred and blackened the insides of a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early Friday.
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 […]
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...
Police in France have shot dead an armed man who was suspected of setting
Tensions over the Israel-Hamas war have grown and antisemitic acts have surged in France, which has the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in western Europe.
At 12.44pm today, police were called to reports of a man seen with a knife and a hammer causing damage at flats in Prospect Crescent, Hunslet. This included a gas main being on fire. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “Officers attended and arrested a man on suspicion of arson and possession of an offensive weapon. “The building was evacuated and a cordon put in place as a precaution until the emergency services and gas engineers made the scene safe at about 2.45pm.” Get the latest on...
The man was an Algerian whose application for a residency permit in France for health treatment had been rejected by the authorities.