Macron pledges justice after the memorial of the broken Jewish murder tree

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged that every effort would be made to track and punish the person who cut off a murdered Jewish tree.

The souvenir tree was planted 14 years ago to honor Ilan Halimi, who was tortured and killed by the Paris gang in 2006, causing a widespread shock at that time.

Macron said that cutting the olive tree on Wednesday was “an attempt to kill him for the second time,” adding: “All means are spread to punish this act of hatred.”

Paris police chief Laurent Nunez confirmed that the investigation is underway, adding: “Everything will be done to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice.”

Halimi’s body was found by a hand -handling railway of a tree, naked and heavily burned, after the barbarian gang detained it for more than three weeks.

He was seduced by a gang member in an empty apartment in February 2006, where he was attacked and anesthesia.

The kidnappers tried to no avail to blackmail a ransom of 450,000 euros ($ 600,000; 405,000 pounds) from his family, and send horrific photos and video recordings.

The mastermind of the master – Yusuf Fovana – Halimi because of his Jewish heritage, believed that his family was rich.

Fofana was later He was sentenced to life imprisonment With the minimum for 22 years, while other partners involved in the crime received less sentences.

The tree in the suburb of épinay-Sur -seine was one of the many memorials across the French capital of Hayyimi before it was cut.

The local authority said it was found on Thursday morning, Publish a photo From it the chopped tree appears at the base and threw at the bottom of a flower near.

Macron said that France “will not forget this child from France who died because he was a Jew.”

“In the face of anti -Semitism, the Republic is always unparalleled,” he added.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayro blamed “anti -Semitic hatred” in the fall of the tree.

“No crime can uproot memory,” he wrote. “The endless battle against the deadly poison of hatred is our primary duty.”

In 2019, it was said that another tree lies Halimi was cut, while officials described it at the time as a anti -Semitic attack.

In 2017, the Minister of France condemned the desecration of a plate to celebrate Al -Halimi, as it was separated from the wall and covered with anti -Semitic writing.