French police kill man trying to burn down synagogue

A man allegedly trying to set fire to a synagogue in northern France was shot and killed by police on Friday, according to French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. Officers in Rouen “responded to a report of smoke near the synagogue,” a police source said. “The man was armed with a knife and an iron bar, he approached the police officers who fired,” said a source close to the case. He died at the scene, they added. “In Rouen, national police officers neutralised an armed individual early this morning who was clearly intent on setting fire to the town’s synagogue,” wrote Darmanin on X. “I cong…

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