Judicial officials say Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations of violence against three youths of North African origin by suspected members of a hard-line pro-Israel group. The violence allegedly took place Thursday outside a Paris high school in the 16th district where suspected members of the Jewish Defense League were handing out leaflets.
The anti-racism group MRAP wants French authorities to punish those responsible and ban the “far-right” league that is “banned in Israel itself.” The officials spoke Tuesday, a day after the interior minister reported a “very clear increase” in anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim attacks in France since the start of new Middle East violence.
