A day after a bombing attack near a synagogue in southern France, a Jewish woman reported to French police that a man armed with a knife approached her on a Paris street, threatening to “kill Jews,” in another antisemitic incident.
The incident took place around 7:30 p.m. in the Charenton-le-Pont suburb of Paris. According to the woman, the man attempted to extort money from her and made threats, claiming his weapon was intended to “kill Jews.” Fearing for her safety, she decided to lie about her identity and told him that she was not Jewish.
Later that evening, at 10:50 p.m., Jewish community security personnel reported a man with a knife near a synagogue on the city’s Paris Street. Police responded swiftly and arrested the suspect, believed to be the same individual who had confronted the woman earlier. A knife was found in his bag, and another knife was discovered by a local resident stuck in a tree in front of kosher shops on the street.
The French Attorney General’s Office announced that an investigation has been opened into the incidents on charges of “death threats due to religious origin and carrying weapons.”
