The authorities in Paris launched an investigation after distorting many Jewish sites across the capital with the green paint.
It targeted sabotage, which was discovered early on Saturday morning, the installation of the Shoah Memorial and two Jewish temples and restaurant in the historic Maris region in the city, in addition to a third synagogue in the twentieth circle (the region). According to what was reported, an open paint of paint was found nearly, while the French media said that monitoring footage of the Holocaust memorial showed an individual wearing black paint overnight.
Pictures of Shoah Memorial Show coating wall paint engraved with the names of 76,000 Jewish men, women and children who were deported from France between 1942 and 1944.
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The Paris Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that it had opened an investigation on “the damage committed on the basis of religion”, citing attacks on “three temples, restaurants, and denominations” during Friday night to Saturday.
Interior Minister Bruno Retario expressed the “huge disgust” regarding sabotage targeting the Jewish community Through a post on XPreviously Twitter.
Acts come before the Jewish holiday for Chavot. The Ministry of the Interior in France has already called for an increase in security around the Jewish sites this week due to the increase in global tensions.
No suspects were arrested, and no group has claimed responsibility.
France has the third largest number of Jews in the world, behind Israel and the United States, according to Jewish Policy Research Institute.
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