The French prosecutor’s office for anti-terrorism takes over the investigation of the synagogue fire. That’s what France’s outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal wrote on X. – The security forces are now tracking down the suspect, he added. On Friday morning, two cars caught fire outside a synagogue in the village of La Grande-Motte in the south of France. The fire is said to have led to one car exploding, reports French media. A police officer was injured as a result of the explosion. He was already at the site when the explosion occurred. The police and fire service are working to assess the damage after at least two cars caught fire outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in the south of France. Photo: PASCAL GUYOT / AFP Perpetrator at large No one was inside the synagogue Beth Yaacov de la Grande-Motte in Hérault when it exploded. The police and fire brigade have been working on the site since the morning hours. The explosion must have been caused by a gas bottle in one of the cars, writes Le Parisien. Two of the synagogue’s doors were damaged in the fire. – The attempt to set fire to the synagogue in La Grande-Motte was openly criminal, writes French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on X. According to the mayor of the city, Stéphane Rossignol, a surveillance camera outside the synagogue captured a person who left the city just before the explosion, writes the newspaper Le Parisien. Published 24/08/2024, at 12.59 Updated 24.08.2024, at 13.03
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