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Paris synagogues and Holocaust memorial smeared with paint

Paris synagogues and Holocaust memorial smeared with paint

Yahoo31-05-2025
Two synagogues, a restaurant and part of the Holocaust memorial in Paris were attacked by vandals overnight, authorities said on Saturday while strongly denouncing the acts.
The targeted sites were all smeared with green paint, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wrote on Instagram.
"I condemn this intimidation with all my might," said Hidalgo, adding that anti-Semitism has no place in Paris and that she would seek to press charges against the perpetrators of the damage.
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wrote on X of "immense disgust at these shameful acts directed against the Jewish community."
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