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“We escaped an absolute tragedy”declared Gabriel Attal on Saturday August 24, after the fire in front of the synagogue of La Grande-Motte, which he described as“anti-Semitic attack”The resigning Prime Minister, who visited the site, spoke of a “has“extremely determined attacker”. “If the synagogue had been full of worshipers at that time, if people had come down from the building in the first minutes, there would probably have been human victims.”, he also said.
The synagogue of La Grande-Motte (Hérault) was hit by a fire in the morning. Two vehicles were on fire in front of the place of worship and one of them exploded. The two doors of the building also caught fire and a municipal police officer was injured. Follow our live stream.
“Everything is being done to find the perpetrator of this terrorist act,” declared Emmanuel Macron. More than 200 police officers and gendarmes are being mobilized to find the perpetrator. The President of the Republic also hasraised his thoughts on X “faithful of the synagogue of La Grande-Motte” and to all “the Jews of our country”. “The fight against anti-Semitism is a constant battle”, he added.
Investigation opened for attempted terrorist assassinations. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat) has taken charge of the facts. It recalls that “investigations are actively continuing in order to allow the arrest of the perpetrator(s) of the acts”Earlier in the day, Gérald Darmanin had spoken of a “manifestly criminal” act.
The suspect was carrying a Palestinian flag. UA man was filmed by the video surveillance cameras of the synagogue of La Grande-Motte (Hérault) in front of the religious building. “Initial investigations indicate that the perpetrator was carrying a Palestinian flag and a weapon.”announces the Pnat to France Télévisions.
Protection in front of Jewish places of worship in France strengthened. Gérald Darmanin, the resigning Minister of the Interior, asks all the prefects of France to “immediately strengthen the static presence of law enforcement in front of Jewish places of worship”at the request of the president, Beauvau specifies.
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 this fire, reports France Bleu Hérault. His life is not in danger, franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation. A police officer arrived at the scene and was injured. “by the blast caused by the explosion”, specifies the Pnat. Five people were present in the synagogue at the time of the incident, including the rabbi, but none were injured, according to the same source.