Overview

• Printed materials were set alight and wedged in the prayer room’s entrance at about 9:15pm on Thursday.
• Passersby intervened swiftly to extinguish the flames, preventing further spread and limiting damage to minor scorching on the door.
• The prayer room’s manager filed a formal complaint and the Châtillon-sur-Seine gendarmerie brigade has opened an inquiry.
• Investigators currently have no leads on the identity of the attacker or attackers.
• Interior Ministry data show a threefold rise in person-targeted Islamophobic acts between January and May 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.