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Irish Man Arrested in France Over Antisemitic Threats to Jewish Tourists

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • An Irish man in his sixties was arrested in Avignon, France, for allegedly making antisemitic threats against an Australian Jewish couple.
  • The incident occurred in a supermarket and was partially captured in a video that circulated widely on social media.
  • French ministers condemned the threats, and the investigation has been assigned to regional judicial units.

A sixty-year-old Irish national has been arrested in Avignon, France, on suspicion of making antisemitic threats against an Australian Jewish couple. The incident reportedly took place in a supermarket in mid-August.

The arrest followed the viral spread of a video on social media, which showed a man making explicit death threats. French ministers Serge Papin and Aurore Bergé strongly condemned the "antisemitic threats" targeting the tourists.

violently taken to task in a supermarket by an Irish national who made serious antisemitic remarks before uttering death threats

— French Ministers Serge Papin and Aurore BergéThe ministers described the incident involving the Australian Jewish couple and the suspect.

According to a joint statement from the ministers, the Australian couple was "violently confronted in a supermarket by an Irish national" who made "serious antisemitic remarks before uttering death threats." The ministers described the filmed portion of the incident as "chilling and unacceptable."

The investigation into the incident has been entrusted to the Marseille research section and the Avignon research brigade.

Part of this scene, filmed and widely disseminated on social networks, bears witness to a violence that is as chilling as it is unacceptable

— French Ministers Serge Papin and Aurore BergéThe ministers commented on the disturbing nature of the video documenting the incident.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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