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French police arrest suspect after explosion

Aug 26, 2024

Paris [France], August 26: Police have detained a person following an explosion in front of a synagogue in the south of France, acting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced early on Sunday.
Two doors of the synagogue in La Grande-Motte near Montpellier were set on fire on Saturday morning along with two vehicles in front of the building.
A gas bottle exploded in one of the vehicles. A police officer was injured. The five people who were in the synagogue at the time were unharmed.
According to the broadcaster BFMTV, the suspect was arrested in Nîmes, about 40 kilometres from La Grande-Motte.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the attack "a terrorist act" that a unified France would fight.
"The fight against anti-Semitism is an ongoing battle, the fight of a united nation," Macron wrote on X. He added that everything would be done to find those responsible.
The incident is being investigated by France's anti-terrorism public prosecutor's office.
Acting Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said some 200 police officers and gendarmes were deployed.
"We can assume that we have narrowly escaped an absolute tragedy," said Attal.
Initial findings suggest that the perpetrator was very determined. If the synagogue had been full at the time of the crime and people had come outside, there would likely have been fatalities, he said.
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