Overview

• Prosecutors announced a first hearing on September 11 at the Paris tribunal correctionnel with the full trial scheduled for late October
• Three suspects are in pretrial detention after extraditions from Croatia and Bulgaria while a fourth remains at large under an arrest warrant and may be tried in absentia
• They are accused of painting 35 red hand stencils on the Wall of the Just at the Shoah Memorial in May 2024 as an antisemitic act
• Investigators identified the suspects through analysis of video surveillance, telephone records and flight and hotel booking data
• Convictions for aggravated group vandalism motivated by religious hatred and criminal association carry up to seven years in prison and a €75,000 fine