France: 85-year-old Jewish woman, Holocaust survivor, found dead in her apartment, her body stabbed and burnt

Via JTA:

A 85-year-old Jewish woman was found dead, her body burnt and stabbed eleven times, in her apartment in the 11th district of Paris on Friday. She was identified by the French media only as Mireille K, the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA) reported.

The victim is a Shoah survivor. The woman reported in the past to authorities about a man from the same street whom she said had threatened to “burn her.”

A forensic examination of the apartment showed that an arsonist started a fire in at least five distinct areas of that space, the report also said.  

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