The President of a French Jewish umbrella group, CRIF, on Friday said he was angered and concerned by the latest antisemitic attack in France. French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.

French Jewish umbrella group concerned over surge in antisemitism, after Rouen synagogue set on fire

The President of a French Jewish umbrella group, CRIF, on Friday said he was angered and concerned by the latest antisemitic attack in France. French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.