Overview

• Green paint was sprayed overnight May 30–31 on five Jewish-linked sites in Paris, including the Mémorial de la Shoah, three synagogues and a Jewish restaurant across the 4th and 20th arrondissements.
• Three Serbian nationals were arrested June 2 in Antibes as they attempted to leave France and are now held by the Sûreté territoriale.
• Surveillance cameras recorded men dressed in black, one of whom was captured spraying paint while another filmed the vandalism.
• Investigators are examining connections to a May 2024 red-handprint operation and considering possible Russian involvement.
• The episode has heightened concern over anti-Semitic violence in France, where 1,570 incidents were logged in 2024 and drew condemnation from parliamentary presidents Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher.