France – Man Leaving Synagogue Shot With Pellet Gun

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    The stepfather of the victim meets with the president of CRIF in the place of assault / Photo Philip JustVilleurbanne, France – A 21-year-old man was seriously wounded in an anti-Semitic attacked by two youths, after returning home from a Torah course in a synagogue in Villeurbanne, in southern France, the Jewish Community’s protection service (SPCJ) said.

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    As he was walking home from the synagogue late Thursday night, the two aggressors, in their twenties, asked their victim’s name.

    After hearing his response, the two told him: “you don’t look to be named Antoine, you look Jewish, you are a Jew.”

    When the victim confirmed he was Jewish, one of the aggressors fired at him with a pellet gun. As he defended himself, he received several shots in the head and body.

    The victim was brought to the emergency service of a nearby hospital with serious wounds at the abdomen, head and arm.

    A police source quoted by Agence France Presse said  “the tone heightened between the three youths. There was an exchange of blows and two youths of North African origin took out a gun ball and possibly a truncheon.”

    In a statement, the mayor of Villeurbanne “strongly” condemned “this intolerable act.”

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    ALLAN
    ALLAN
    14 years ago

    I thought the home grown French anti-semites were bad enough, now France allows this garbage into it’s country and again the Jews suffer.

    14 years ago

    This is “Democratic France”!

    speakup
    speakup
    14 years ago

    They are such animals. No morals, no ethics, no humanity, just animal-like. This is what the world has to look forward to. It’s spreading like a cancer. Good luck.

    14 years ago

    I’ve cancelled my summer vacation to France, all Jews should do the same.