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A Muslim woman was wounded with a box cutter in a race-hate attack following the Paris terrorist atrocities, France’s interior minister has said. A Muslim woman was wounded with a box cutter in a race-hate attack following the Paris terrorist attacks, France’s interior minister has said.
Bernard Cazeneuve condemned the assault and another attack on a Jewish teacher as “cowardly” and urged French citizens to remember the “values of the Republic”. Bernard Cazeneuve condemned the assault and another attack on a Jewish teacher as “cowardly” and urged French citizens to remember the “values of the republic”.
The assaults came on Wednesday, the day French police raided an apartment block in a Paris suburb in the hunt for Islamic State militants suspected of carrying out Friday’s massacre in the capital, killing 129 people. The assaults in Marseille came on Wednesday, the day French police raided an apartment block in a Paris suburb in the hunt for Islamic State militants suspected of carrying out Friday’s massacre in the capital during which129 people were killed.
The young woman, who was wearing a veil, was punched and slashed as she left a metro station in Marseille, in the south of France, by a person who allegedly made comments about her religious dress. She was taken to a nearby hospital. The young woman, who was wearing a veil, was punched and slashed as she left a metro station by a person who allegedly made comments about her religious dress. She was taken to a nearby hospital.
A second racially-motivated assault took place at around 8pm in the port city’s 13th district when a teacher from a Jewish religious school was stabbed by a group who shouted anti-Semitic slurs and comments “glorifying terrorism”. A second racially motivated assault took place at around 8pm in the port city’s 13th district when a teacher from a Jewish religious school was stabbed by a group who shouted antisemitic slurs and comments “glorifying terrorism”.
French media reported the gang of three men claimed to support Isis and the man was stabbed in the leg.French media reported the gang of three men claimed to support Isis and the man was stabbed in the leg.
A statement from the Interior Ministry said: “ A statement from the interior ministry said: “Everything is done to find and question those responsible for these unspeakable acts, who must face justice.
“Everything is done to find and question those responsible for these unspeakable acts, who must face justice. “Bernard Cazeneuve reminds the total government’s determination to combat all forms of racism and antisemitism, and to severely punish advocating terrorism.
“Bernard Cazeneuve reminds the total government’s determination to combat all forms of racism and anti-Semitism, and to severely punish advocating terrorism.
“More than ever, the French must come together around the values of the republic.”“More than ever, the French must come together around the values of the republic.”