the mayor provides his “support” to the Jewish community and calls for a “republican rally”

“Even if one victim is always one victim too many,” Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol says he is relieved that there were no others, apart from the armed man, shot dead by the police.

Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, socialist mayor of Rouen, brought his “support” to the Jewish community, while a man was shot dead by the police on Friday morning in front of the synagogue in Rouen (Seine-Maritime) after trying to burn down the religious building and attack the police.

“When we attack any community, we attack the national community. It is not a tragedy only for the Jewish community. Of course they are worried and therefore we are all in fear. C “It’s a tragedy and therefore a need for vigilance for the entire Republic. Today, all Rouennais are in shock.”said the mayor who called on “at a republican rally this evening at 6 p.m. in front of Rouen town hall”.

City cameras “made it possible to show that early this morning, an individual attempted to set fire to the synagogue in Rouen, then arrested by both the firefighters and the police, he attempted to attack them, notably with a knife “explained Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. “There was at least one return shot and the person died,” he added.

Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol wants to stay “careful” on the anti-Semitic nature of the act, even if‘”there is a context” international, he said. “Formally, it is up to the courts to decide. Now, when a synagogue is burned, I am not a judge, but it seems that the facts are quite clear”, he said. The municipality of Rouen has already been the scene of anti-Semitic acts in recent times. “There were insults, violent, oral, verbal arrests in the public space of two personalities of the Israelite community. There were also tags,” he confirmed.

The mayor expressed his “relief”since there is no “had other victims, even if one victim is always one victim too many.” He wants to “welcome and thank the professionalism and responsiveness of all the public services mobilized, whether municipal or national, the police, but also the SAMU, the firefighters who were truly extremely responsive and professional.”

A first investigation was opened for “arson” targeting a place of worship, a second for “intentional violence against people holding public authority entrusted to the DGPN, the prosecutor’s office said.