French Police Shoot Dead Attempted Arsonist At Chabad Shul
French police on Friday shot dead an Algerian man armed with a knife and an iron bar, who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, AFP reported.
Emergency services were alerted after a fire was detected at the synagogue, with the man spotted on its roof brandishing an iron bar and a kitchen knife, the prosecutor handling the case said.
Smoke was coming out of one window at the synagogue, Rouen prosecutor Frederic Teillet told reporters.
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