Overview

• Police say a man wearing a kippa was attacked in Yerres on Saturday as the assailant shouted, “Dirty Jew, I’m going to kill you,” before passersby intervened.
• The victim filed a complaint the same evening, was released from hospital, and received a medical certificate for 15 days of total incapacity to work.
• Prosecutors opened an investigation for attempted violent robbery and religion-motivated death threats and assigned the case to Essonne’s territorial crime unit.
• No arrests have been made so far, according to Evry prosecutor Grégoire Dulin.
• The Israeli Embassy condemned the attack, local leaders voiced support for the victim, and official data show hundreds of antisemitic incidents in France in the first half of 2025.