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A rabbi and his son were stabbed at a synagogue in France, according to police reports in Paris, France.
The French rabbi and his son were stabbed Tuesday morning at a Paris synagogue in the city by an Iranian national who escaped from a psychiatric hospital, while shouting Allah Akbar.
Quoting a member of the congregation who attended morning services during the attack, a French newspaper reported that the attacker entered the synagogue in Paris and wounded 50-year-old Rabbi Philippe Baroukh and his son in an attempted murder.
Baroukh and his son, 18, were stabbed in the neck, according to the French newspaper.
The attack took place in the Beth-El synagogue. The rabbi and his son were taken to a hospital in fair condition.
Witnesses said the attacker was a deranged man who had escaped from a local psychiatric center. The suspect, 28, was detained by witnesses at the scene until police arrived and was arrested.
“More needs to be done quickly to stop anti Jewish attacks by terrorists across Europe and particularly in France. Anti-Semitic incidents are spiraling out of control the last few years and the governments are not doing much to fight the flames of hate,” Kenneth Ross, 37, of Paris, France told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the latest attack.
France has a Jewish population of about 500,000, according to the European Jewish Congress, among millions of Muslims.