Monday, March 24, 2025
Man who viciously attacked Orleans rabbi arrested, victim tells 'Post'
The person who attacked the rabbi of Orléans was arrested on Saturday night, victim Rabbi Arié Engelberg told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
The attacker was a minor, according to a social media statement by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on X that Engelberg had been violently attacked Saturday when leaving a synagogue with his nine-year-old son.
Engelberg told BFM-TV that the suspect approached him and asked him if he was Jewish. Footage published on social media by French officials, including by European Parliament member Matthieu Valet, showed Engelberg being punched and kicked repeatedly. France Bleu, which obtained the original footage from a witness, reported that the rabbi had also been bitten on the shoulder.
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