PARIS – Authorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint.
Early Saturday morning, vandalism was discovered at the Shoah Memorial, two synagogues, and a Jewish restaurant in the historic Marais district, as well as at a third synagogue in the 20th district. An open can of paint was reportedly nearby, and French media indicated that surveillance footage from the Holocaust Memorial showed a person in black spraying paint overnight.
The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed an investigation had been launched for “damage committed on the grounds of religion,” citing the attacks on “three synagogues, a restaurant, and the Shoah Memorial” from Friday night to Saturday.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau expressed his “immense disgust” at the acts of vandalism targeting the Jewish community in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
The acts come ahead of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. France’s interior ministry had already called for heightened security around Jewish sites this weekend due to heightened global tensions.
No suspects have been arrested, and no group has claimed responsibility.
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