French Authorities Arrest Man in Attempted Arson on Synagogue

The person is said to have set fire to multiple entry doors as well as nearby vehicles.

Protesters kick a tear gas canister during a pro-Palestinian rally in Paris on Oct.12, 2023. Thibault Camus/AP Photo

A man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue in a town in southern France was arrested on Aug. 24 after an exchange of gunfire with police.

On that morning, “an attempted arson attack, clearly criminal, hit the synagogue of La Grande-Motte,” French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in an Aug. 24 post on social media platform X. On Aug. 25, the minister revealed that the alleged perpetrator had been arrested.