Gérard Darmanin denounces an “anti-Semitic act” and “despicable” violence

The Minister of the Interior says he is determined “to continue to protect all, wherever they are, the Jews of France who must practice their religion without fear, without fear.”

Gérald Darmanin went there quickly. The Minister of the Interior described“anti-Semitic act” the fire of a synagogue in Rouen, Friday May 17, by an individual armed with a knife shot dead by the police. This is a “anti-Semitic act which attacks a place sacred to the Republic”Who “touches us all deeply”estimated the minister, regretting the violence “unacceptable, despicable” against the Jews of France. “We are, at the Ministry of the Interior, extremely determined to continue to protect all, wherever they are, the Jews of France who must practice their religion without fear, without fear.”

“This anti-Semitic act in Rouen affects us all, deeply.”

Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior

The man suspected of having attempted to burn down the Rouen synagogue, who had been refused a residence permit, had been included in the wanted persons file since “a few weeks”, added the Minister of the Interior. This man, who had requested a residence permit in 2022 for “sick stranger”had his appeal dismissed “at the end of January” 2024, said the minister.

Initially, a source close to the case announced that the man was subject to an obligation to leave the territory (OQTF) “not executable”due to an appeal “engaged” before the administrative courts.

The police officer who shot this man was placed in police custody as part of an investigation carried out by the IGPN, this is a “assistant policeman” 25 years old “who was extremely courageous, he will be decorated by the Republic for his support for the protection of places of worship. He was right to use his weapon”.

“Personally, I am fed up, like many French people, of criticism against the policedeclared the Minister of the Interior. “Being fed up with the systematic process against the police, I decided to decorate this police officer because I consider that he did his job.”