Overview

• The Perpignan prosecutor says the Porté-Puymorens manager refused a prebooked group of Israeli minors, aged 8 to 16, citing “personal convictions.”
• The manager, 52, is in police custody on suspicion of discrimination based on religion in the provision of a service, an offense punishable by up to three years in prison.
• An urgent flagrant‑delict investigation is being led by the Prades research brigade with support from the national hate‑crime office, which has sent three specialists.
• The group altered its plans and traveled by three buses to another French site under gendarmerie protection, and authorities reported no incidents.
• The manager denies the allegations, and a contemporaneous Facebook post from the park cited a storm‑related closure; prosecutors say he also told staff to exercise their right of withdrawal.