The synagogue of La Grande-Motte (Hérault) was hit by a fire on Saturday morning, August 24, learned France Bleu Hérault from a source close to the case. Two vehicles were on fire in front of the synagogue and one of them exploded. The two doors of the synagogue also caught fire and a municipal police officer was injured. Gérald Darmanin, the resigning Minister of the Interior, is asking all of France’s prefects to “immediately strengthen the static presence of law enforcement in front of Jewish places of worship”at the request of the president, indicates Beauvau. Follow our live stream.
Gabriel Attal and Gérald Darmanin go there. The resigning Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and the resigning Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, are expected on site in the afternoon.
The criminal track is favored at this stage. The burning of two vehicles followed by an explosion on Saturday is an act “manifestly criminal”estimated Gérald Darmanin on X. “I want to assure our Jewish fellow citizens and the community of my full support and say that at the request of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, all means are being mobilized to find the perpetrator.”, the minister also wrote.
The police officer’s life is not in danger. A municipal police officer was injured and taken to the emergency room of the Montpellier University Hospital following the fire, reported France Bleu Hérault. His life is not in danger, franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation.The city’s mayor, Stéphan Rossignol, told AFP that the police officer had gone to the scene of the fire when he was injured. There was no one in the synagogue at the time of the incident, according to information from franceinfo.
Four fires started. Firefighters were called around 8:30 a.m. to deal with two vehicles on fire in front of the synagogue, according to information from franceinfo. One of the two vehicles exploded, probably due to the presence of a gas bottle, according to this source. The two doors of the synagogue caught fire. There were four separate fires, again according to information from franceinfo. According to theAccording to the city’s mayor, Stéphan Rossignol, the city’s surveillance cameras captured images of an individual setting fire to vehicles in front of the synagogue.