Sky News: “Prosecutors said a male suspect who was spotted in surveillance videos fleeing the site was carrying a Palestinian flag and a weapon.”
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| French authorities hunt for arsonist who targeted synagogue, injured police officer UPDATE: They got him! 3 arrested | |||
| 2024-08-25 | |||
A police officer was slightly injured when a gas bottle exploded as police secured the site of the attack on Saturday morning, Attal said. "The person (attacker) set fire to several entry doors to the synagogue and several cars," Attal said after visiting the synagogue, adding that an "absolute tragedy" had been narrowly averted after firefighters and police arrived quickly at the scene. Local media reported earlier that the suspect had set fire to two cars, one of which contained at least one gas bottle, in the synagogue's parking area at about 8:30 a.m. (0630 GMT). President Emmanuel Macron called the incident a terrorist attack. The anti-terrorism prosecutor's office was placed in charge of the investigation. La Grande-Motte is a port and resort city on the French Mediterranean coast.
"The suspected perpetrator of the criminal fires at the synagogue has been detained," minister Gerald Darmanin said on X, adding that officers who made the arrest came under fire. Police had said they were hunting for a man who, draped in a Paleostinian flag, was believed to have set fires at a synagogue and triggered a kaboom that injured an officer in the seaside resort of La Grande Motte. An official source who asked not to be named told AFP the arrest took place in the nearby town of Nimes. An official in the state prosecution service added that two people associated with the suspect were also detained.
"Before the police could intervene, (the suspect) opened fire on the (police), which returned fire. The man was maimed in the face," the office said in a statement describing the moments leading up to the apprehension and arrest. Two other people were taken into custody after the incident. | |||
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 /\ Pour whatever he is carrying over his head and toss him a flaming Zippo. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-08-25 13:15 |
| #1 LI: France: Police Arrest Algerian Migrant After Terrorist Attack on Synagogue Sky News: “Prosecutors said a male suspect who was spotted in surveillance videos fleeing the site was carrying a Palestinian flag and a weapon.” |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-25 13:13 |