A family was taken to task Thursday by a "group of individuals", while they were in a vehicle broadcasting "music and messages of peace in Hebrew" on the occasion of Hanukkah.
Four people were taken into custody for willful violence on the grounds of religious affiliation.
Four people were taken into custody after assaulting and insulting a Jewish family Thursday evening in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the middle of Hanukkah, we learned Friday from a source close to the investigation.
At approximately 8:40 pm Thursday evening, this family was in a car when they were attacked by a "group of individuals", while the vehicle was playing "music and messages of peace in Hebrew" on the occasion of the Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, the source said.
The perpetrators "should be punished", says Darmanin
The four individuals uttered "fuck the Jews", before "shaking the car and throwing glass bottles on the body", according to this source.
They were placed in custody for willful violence because of religious affiliation with weapon by destination and degradation, said a police source.
On Twitter, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin indicated that this family had been attacked "because they were Jewish" and that the perpetrators "should be punished according to the gravity of these facts".
Last night, in the middle of Hanukkah, a family from Aubervilliers was insulted and attacked for being Jewish.
In France, in 2020. The authors were arrested very quickly by the police.
They should be punished commensurate with the gravity of these facts.
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) December 18, 2020