a Marseille baker among the five victims

Shots rang out on the evening of Tuesday May 9 outside a synagogue in Djerba (Tunisia). Inside, the frightened pilgrims hunkered down. A traditional Jewish holiday was just coming to an end. The assailant, a Tunisian gendarme, killed three of his colleagues and then two faithful of the Jewish faith, including a Frenchman. The Tunisian authorities, who neutralized him, are now trying to find out his motives.

A 42-year-old father

“Some got down on their stomachs, others ran in all directions. As I saw the cops who started shouting for us to protect ourselves and to run, I understood that it was a attack”, says a witness. The French pilgrim killed last night, Benjamin Haddad, 42, father of four, lived in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône). He was a baker. Traders who work in his neighborhood are struggling today to hide their emotion.