shockedcanadian
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What is going on in Europe? The level of hatred for Jews and Western values is rising.
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An explosion outside a synagogue in southern France is being investigated by authorities as "attempted terrorist murder".
Police said the explosion was caused by two cars being set alight outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in the resort town of La Grande-Motte. One of the vehicles contained a hidden gas cannister.
Police sources told French media a man caught on CCTV setting fire to the vehicles was carrying a Palestinian flag and possibly a handgun.
Jewish community leader Yonathan Arfi said the incident was "an attempt to kill Jews," adding that the attack seemed to have been timed to target Saturday morning worshippers.
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France synagogue explosion being investigated as suspected terrorism
France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin called the incident "an obviously criminal act".
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An explosion outside a synagogue in southern France is being investigated by authorities as "attempted terrorist murder".
Police said the explosion was caused by two cars being set alight outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in the resort town of La Grande-Motte. One of the vehicles contained a hidden gas cannister.
Police sources told French media a man caught on CCTV setting fire to the vehicles was carrying a Palestinian flag and possibly a handgun.
Jewish community leader Yonathan Arfi said the incident was "an attempt to kill Jews," adding that the attack seemed to have been timed to target Saturday morning worshippers.