On Saturday, August 24th, an attack targeted a synagogue in La Grande Motte, a popular seaside resort on the Mediterranean. A criminal broke into the sacred building, where a gas cylinder was opened, followed by two fires outside. Over the weekend, there was a succession of political reactions, with part of the French left denying that the attack was antisemitic.
On Saturday morning, a fire broke out at the Beth Yaacov synagogue. On arrival on the site, firefighters and police discovered several vehicles in flames. A violent explosion threw a policeman to the ground.
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