A young Jewish woman was stabbed at her home in Lyon, the prosecution announced on Saturday, November 4, confirming information from the newspaper Progress and of BFM-TV. According to the same source, “the act could be motivated by an anti-Semitic motive”. An investigation into attempted murder was opened, added the prosecution, specifying that the victim’s life was not in danger and that“no arrests” had not taken place.
According to a police source at World, the events took place early Saturday afternoon on the threshold of the apartment of the victim, aged around thirty. According to the story she gave to investigators, the young woman who was alone at home opened the door following a ring of the doorbell. She was then stabbed twice in the abdomen by a hooded individual. The victim said she called her cousin for help over the phone. Arriving on site, the latter notified the emergency services and discovered a swastika drawn on the door. His Jewish-sounding name and a mezuzah placed next to the door testified to the victim’s religious affiliation.
“It is too early to attribute this attack to an anti-Semitic act, other avenues are being studied”emphasized to World a source close to the investigation, which prompts “with the greatest caution” in the current context of tension linked to the war between Israel and Hamas. The personal environment of the victim, in particular, is studied by the police.
At the beginning of the evening, the mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, wrote on the social network (formerly Twitter) that“such a surge of violence is unspeakable “. “All my support to the victim, to his loved ones”he added.
“This abominable attack raises very serious concerns within the Jewish community”reacted the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (CRIF ARA), which said it condemned “firmly aggression”. “However, given the state of the ongoing investigations, the president of CRIF ARA, Richard Zelmati, calls for both reason and caution”underlined the organization, adding: “It will be up to the courts to qualify the offenses and their anti-Semitic nature. »