France Vows to Protect Its Jewish Community After Stabbing

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo (L), France Prime Minister Jean Castex, and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin (R) arrive on the scene after a knife attack near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, on Sept. 25, 2020 in Paris. Lewis Joly/AP Photo

PARIS—France’s interior minister promised Sunday to protect France’s Jewish community from extremists after a double stabbing in Paris blamed on Islamic terrorism.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited a synagogue Sunday ahead of the evening start of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and said more than 7,000 police and soldiers are protecting Jewish services this weekend. France has Europe’s largest Jewish community.