A minor arrested after the assault of a rabbi, Macron denounces the « poison » of anti -Semitism – Liberation

Emmanuel Macron denounced this Sunday, March 23, March 23 « poison » anti -Semitism after the assault of the Orleans rabbi, promising not to yield « Neither silence nor to inaction » Faced with this. “The assault of the Rabbi Arié Engelberg in Orleans shocks us all. I send him, as well as his son and all our compatriots of Jewish confession, all my support and that of the nation ”wrote on X the head of state. According to information from Releasea gathering of support must be organized this afternoon around the synagogue.

A 16-year-old teenager was arrested on Saturday evening, the public prosecutor of the Republic of Orleans said this Sunday, Emmanuelle Bochenek-Puren. The Orleans rabbi was « Struck in the head, bitten in the shoulder and insulted »when he returned from the synagogue on Saturday afternoon, in the company of his nine-year-old son, revealed on Saturday France 3 Center-Val de Loirewhich confirmed a source close to the file to AFP. This minor, unknown to the intelligence services, was arrested by BAC police officers around 9:45 p.m. and placed in police custody, said a source close to the file, confirming information from information BFM TV. According to information from Releasethe minor arrested was formally identified by the victim. « The respondent, known under several identities, will be referred tomorrow »indicates a police source.

An investigation was opened for « voluntary violence committed due to the real or supposed membership of the victim to a religion » against the aggressor, who had fled, said the Orleans prosecutor’s office. On images broadcast by BFMTV and The Parisianwe can see the end of the assault, filmed at 1:38 p.m. according to our information. A young man dressed in a hooded jacket strikes a second man dressed in a black coat and a white shirt on the head. A third man intervenes while the attacker moves away by kicking at ground level. According to a witness contacted by Releasethe kick was targeting the hats of the rabbi.

« No, anti -Semitism is not residual »had reacted the president of the representative council of the Jewish institutions of France (CRIF), Yonathan Arfi on Saturday evening on Saturday evening. « Those who minimize, put into perspective or justify the hatred of the Jews by a conflict at 4,000 km bear immense responsibility »he wrote. The mayor of Orleans, ex-LR Serge Grouard (DVD), denounced on X « A serious damage to the values ​​of our Republic »believing that « Some political parties and leaders, by their accomplice silence or their shocking statements, legitimize this dramatic drift ». “Unbearable aggression of the Orleans rabbi, struck in the head and bitten when he returned from the synagogue. Support for him, his family and his loved ones ”wrote the deputy LFI Thomas Portes on the same social network.

According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, 1570 anti -Semitic acts were identified in 2024, a drop of 6% compared to the previous year. Anti -Semitic facts represent 62% of anti -religious acts and are made up of 65% of damage to people. This is not the case for other religions for which the damage to property is in the majority.

Updated At 1:26 p.m., a support rally organized this Sunday, the victim recognized his attacker.