Overview

• Police sources say the assailant shouted, “Dirty Jew, I’m going to kill you,” during the Saturday attack in Yerres.
• Passersby intervened to stop the beating, and the victim is no longer hospitalized, according to Evry prosecutor Grégoire Dulin.
• Authorities opened an investigation for attempted robbery with violence causing more than eight days of incapacity and for religion-motivated death threats, assigning it to Essonne’s territorial crime unit.
• No arrests have been made, and the victim filed a complaint on Saturday evening.
• The Israeli Embassy denounced the assault, while local Jewish leaders and an Essonne lawmaker voiced concern over recurring antisemitic attacks.