A 79-year-old Jewish woman was wounded outside a Paris synagogue when she was hit by a metal ball hurled at her head.
The victim was taken to the hospital with cranial damage and loss of blood. Her condition is stable, France Bleu reported Wednesday, a day after the attack in the French capital’s 11th District.
Witnesses outside the synagogue said they did not see where the ball was hurled from or by whom. The World Jewish Congress said it viewed the incident as “part of a disturbing trend, not just in France but around the world.”
CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish communities, also condemned the “violent aggression.” “We wish the victim a speedy recovery and call on the French authorities to do all in their power to bring the perpetrator to justice,” it said in a statement.
On Monday, a bowl full of water was hurled, possibly from an upper-story residential apartment, at worshipers leaving the same synagogue.
Source: Times of Israel
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