Three 15-year-old males were taken into custody by French police after allegedly beating a man who they believed to be Jewish. According to the La Figaro report, they ordered the man, a locksmith, to come to them because his name sounded Jewish. When he arrived in the Paris suburb he was beaten and assaulted with pepper spray under the threat of a knife. The report stated the victim is not Jewish.

Police report the attack occurred in the Bussy Saint Georges area of eastern Paris. The victim was able to positively identify one of the three suspects in custody.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)