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France’s Jewish community voiced concern after an attempted arson targeting the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in suburban Paris, nearly a decade after a deadly terror attack at the site left four people dead.
Security footage showed a man setting fire to containers at the store’s entrance before igniting a nearby garbage bin around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters quickly responded and extinguished the flames.
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Fire damage at Hyper Cacher in Paris after suspected arsonist sets blaze
(Photo: Thomas Padilla / AP)
Authorities have not released details about the suspect, but members of the Jewish community believe the act was a deliberate attack on a location closely tied to Jewish life in the city.
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On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron joined community leaders, politicians and public figures at a memorial ceremony marking ten years since the 2015 attack. Victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre were also commemorated.
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Flowers laid outside Hyper Cacher in Paris in memory of four victims of 2015 terror attack
(Photo: AFP)
“Very few people understand what we’ve been through,” said Brigit D’jean, a community member. “There’s a certain indifference when it comes to the Jewish community,” she added, noting the original Hyper Cacher attack only drew wider attention because it came days after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices.