French Jewish woman stabbed in antisemitic attack, swastika painted on door

A swastika was painted on the door by her attacker.

JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 4, 2023 20:49

 A 30-year-old Jewish woman was stabbed in the abdomen in her home in Lyon, France on Saturday, according to French media reports.

The woman has been taken to hospital and her condition is no longer life-threatening, according to reports.Police confirmed, to Le Figaro, that the woman was killed in the Montluc district at approximately 1 p.m.

The victim was able to describe her attacker to police. She said that a man dressed in dark clothes, with a masked face, knocked on her front door and then proceeded to attack her.

The suspect has yet to be caught.

A swastika was painted onto a busy road in Australia. (credit: ANTI-DEFAMATION COMMISSION)

Evidence it was an antisemitic attack

Media confirmed that a mezuzah was at the entrance of the home, which is thought to be how the attacker identified her as Jewish. As further evidence of this crime being motivated by antisemitism, a swastika was painted on the door.

“The initial findings led the Lyon public prosecutor’s office to open an investigation into attempted murder aggravated by the fact that the act could be motivated by an anti-Semitic motive,” the public prosecutor’s office said in connection with the evidence listed above.

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