An explosion took place outside a synagogue in southern France on Saturday morning, which police are treating as attempted arson.
It was caused by two cars being set alight outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte, authorities said. One of the vehicles contained a hidden gas bottle.
France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin called the incident “an obviously criminal act”.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he wrote: “I want to assure our Jewish fellow citizens and the municipality of my full support”, adding that all means were being mobilised to find the perpetrator.
