French police fatally shoot a man suspected of planning to set fire to a synagogue

By The Associated Press on May 17, 2024.

PARIS (AP) – France’s Interior Ministry says police have shot and killed an armed suspect who appeared to be planning to set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin posted on the social media site X that the armed individual was “neutralized” on Friday morning and thanked officers for their “reactivity and their courage.”

The ministry confirmed that the suspect was shot and killed.

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