French officer injured in suspected synagogue attack

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A French police officer has been injured when a blazing car exploded in the car park of a synagogue in the town of La Grande-Motte, a union representative says, and the government said security at ******* institutions would be stepped up.

Police said they were treating the incident on Saturday as attempted arson and several politicians as well as ******* organisations denounced it as an anti-Semitic *******. BFM TV said the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office would be in charge of the case.

France, like other countries in Europe, has seen a surge in anti-Semitic incidents following the ****** attacks on ******* on October 7 and *******’s retaliatory ******** on Gaza.

Local media said two cars, one of which contained at least one gas bottle, had been set on ***** in the synagogue’s parking area about 8.30am.

“Exploding a gas bottle in a car in front of the Grande Motte synagogue at the expected time of arrival of the faithful: it’s not just attacking a place of worship, it’s an attempt to ***** Jews,” Yonathan Arfi, who leads the CRIF, an umbrella organisation of French ******* groups, said on X.

William Maury, of police union Alliance Police Nationale, told BFM TV the injured police officer’s life was not in danger.

Police confirmed the attempted arson but declined to give more details.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said police were looking for a suspect.

“I want to assure our fellow ******* citizens and the city (of La Grande-Motte) of all my support and say that at the request of the President of the Republic @EmmanuelMacron, all means are being mobilised to find the author (of the *******),” Darmanin said on X.

Darmanin said police protection of synagogues and ******* schools and shops would be strengthened across France.

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