A manager of the Rouen synagogue, already affected by an arson in May 2024, announced that she had filed a complaint against X, Tuesday January 7, for public incitement to hatred after the discovery of anti-Semitic tags.
These damages committed between the end of December and the beginning of January were discovered when the stars of David and the inscription “Jewish” were observed on Monday on buildings in Saint-Mandé and Vincennes, in Val-de-Marne, near the Hyper Cacher which was attacked in 2015 after the attack against Charlie Hebdo and whose 10th anniversary is commemorated on Tuesday January 7.
“I wanted to make this public, because enough is enough!” »declared Tuesday morning Natacha Ben Haïm, president of the Israelite Cult Association of Rouen (ACIR), to a correspondent from Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirming information from the radio Here Normandy.
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“A double symbol”
Four anti-Semitic tags on the synagogue or near the rabbi's residence have been discovered since December 29. Mme Ben Haïm also reported having filed a complaint in December due to various threats against the synagogue which is still closed.
In May, a 24-year-old man of Algerian nationality and in an irregular situation set fire to the Rouen synagogue, located in the city center. The man threatened a police officer with a knife, who shot and killed the attacker.
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The announcement of the discovery of these tags sparked numerous reactions on Tuesday. “By discovering these tags in Rouen, it is a double symbol, a symbol because obviously they fall on the anniversary of the Hyper Cacher attack and a symbol because they touch up the Rouen synagogue , which was the subject of an arson attack a few months ago »declared the president of CRIF, Yonathan Arfi, on RTL.
“Today we commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hyper Cacher and Charlie Hebdobut basically the sequence has never closed: it is difficult to commemorate something which is still ongoing, since the battle against this anti-Semitic Islamism continues.reacted Mr. Arfi.
