French Jewish girl assaulted inside school near Paris

A 15-year-old girl was assaulted inside her Jewish school near Paris by three teenagers who confronted her outside the building and then pursued her into its yard.

The incident occurred last week at the Ozar Hatorah school in Sarcelles, north of Paris. The victim did not know the three individuals, who appeared to be teenagers. She told police that they threatened to “gouge out the eyes and pull the hair” from her head.

The girl ran from the entrance back into the school for safety, but the three teens followed her inside, cornering and hitting her. Two of them pulled at her hair while a third filmed the incident on a cellphone, the report said. The violence continued for several minutes despite the presence of a security guard on campus. A teacher finally put a stop to it.

“The alleged antisemitic character of the incident has not been established in certain terms at this stage of the investigation,” the local prosecutor’s office told Le Parisien.

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