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| Ilan Halimi worked in a shop at Boulevard Voltaire. He was kidnapped, tortured and killed because as a Jew he was deemend to be wealthy. |
The attack against the two Jewish residents, both in their
20s, occurred about 2:30 p.m. on Boulevard Voltaire in Paris’ 11
arrondissement, according to the report.
Police launched an investigation into the incident and
warned local Jewish businesses owners to be extra vigilant, JSS News
said.
Witnesses on the scene said members of the Jewish community
volunteered to watch over the many local Jewish businesses on Boulevard
Voltaire, according to French antisemitism watchdog group the Bureau
National de Vigilance Contre l’Antisemitisme.
The gang of attackers were associated with anti-Israel
groups Gaza Firm and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign,
said security personnel responsible for protecting the Jewish community.
The attack marks the latest in a growing antisemitic trend
in France and Europe as a whole. Earlier this year, Islamist gunmen
seized a Kosher supermarket in Paris and killed four Jewish hostages.
Just a few weeks later, a security guard was killed in Copenhagen when a
lone gunman opened fire in front of the city’s Great Synagogue. In 2006, a French Jew was kidnapped from his cell phone store from the same Boulevard Voltaire, tortured and ultimately killed. [1]
[1]Ilan Halimi was a young French Jewish man who was kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a group called the Gang of Barbarians and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death. He was a cell phone salesman in Paris in a shop located at boulevard Voltaire. Wikipedia.
Update (h/t crashbaby):
The attackers were activists of the radical left-wing NPA (New Anti-Capitalist Party), who were hanging up pro-Palestinian signs.
The attack was only reported on Jewish and Israeli sites. The general French sites have yet to show interest.
[1]Ilan Halimi was a young French Jewish man who was kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a group called the Gang of Barbarians and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death. He was a cell phone salesman in Paris in a shop located at boulevard Voltaire. Wikipedia.
Update (h/t crashbaby):
The attackers were activists of the radical left-wing NPA (New Anti-Capitalist Party), who were hanging up pro-Palestinian signs.
The attack was only reported on Jewish and Israeli sites. The general French sites have yet to show interest.
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