French police shoot suspect dead in synagogue incident in Rouen
Interior ministry says armed suspect ‘neutralised’ after attempting to set fire to synagogue in Normandy city
French police have shot dead a man armed with a knife and iron bar who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen, officials said.
The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, posted on X that the man had been “neutralised”, and he thanked officers for their “reactivity and their courage”.
Police responded at 6.45am on Friday to reports of a fire near the synagogue in Rouen, 80 miles (130km) north-west of Paris.
A source close to the case told Agence France-Presse that the man “was armed with a knife and an iron bar, he approached police, who fired”.
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