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| Antisemitic robbers target Jewish family near Paris, officials say | Antisemitic robbers target Jewish family near Paris, officials say |
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| Authorities say Jewish family beaten, held hostage and robbed in their home because of their religion | |
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| Mon 11 Sep 2017 02.06 BST | |
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| A Jewish family was beaten, held hostage and robbed in their home near Paris because of their religion, French authorities and anti-hate groups said on Sunday. | A Jewish family was beaten, held hostage and robbed in their home near Paris because of their religion, French authorities and anti-hate groups said on Sunday. |
| Three attackers burst into the house in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan late on Thursday, cut off the electricity and confined three members of a Jewish family, beating them and threatening to kill them, until one of them managed to escape and alert the police, said antisemitism watchdog BNVCA. | Three attackers burst into the house in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan late on Thursday, cut off the electricity and confined three members of a Jewish family, beating them and threatening to kill them, until one of them managed to escape and alert the police, said antisemitism watchdog BNVCA. |
| It said the assailants told the three victims: “You are Jews, you have money. We take money from Jews to give to the poor.” | It said the assailants told the three victims: “You are Jews, you have money. We take money from Jews to give to the poor.” |
| One of the victims was Roger Pinto, the 78-year-old head of Siona, an association “defending the Jewish people and the state of Israel,” Pinto’s lawyer, Marc Bensimon, said. | One of the victims was Roger Pinto, the 78-year-old head of Siona, an association “defending the Jewish people and the state of Israel,” Pinto’s lawyer, Marc Bensimon, said. |
| Pinto was kicked several times in the head and throat, Bensimon said. The other two victims were Pinto’s wife, who managed to sound the alarm, and Pinto’s son. | Pinto was kicked several times in the head and throat, Bensimon said. The other two victims were Pinto’s wife, who managed to sound the alarm, and Pinto’s son. |
| The assailants made off with jewellery, cash and credit cards, the attorney said. | The assailants made off with jewellery, cash and credit cards, the attorney said. |
| Police said they had opened a formal inquiry into illegal detention, theft and extortion with violence motivated by the religious affiliation of the victims. | Police said they had opened a formal inquiry into illegal detention, theft and extortion with violence motivated by the religious affiliation of the victims. |
| French interior minister Gerard Collomb promised a major effort to arrest those responsible “for this cowardly act [which] appears directly linked to the victims’ religion”. | French interior minister Gerard Collomb promised a major effort to arrest those responsible “for this cowardly act [which] appears directly linked to the victims’ religion”. |
| “Everything will be done to identify and arrest those who carried out this foul attack,” he said in a statement. | “Everything will be done to identify and arrest those who carried out this foul attack,” he said in a statement. |
| The BNVCA condemned what it called a “clearly antisemitic” crime. | The BNVCA condemned what it called a “clearly antisemitic” crime. |
| Francis Kalifat, president of the CRIF umbrella grouping of French Jewish organisations, said “this horrible act is proof that Jews in France are particularly threatened in the street ... and even in their homes”. | Francis Kalifat, president of the CRIF umbrella grouping of French Jewish organisations, said “this horrible act is proof that Jews in France are particularly threatened in the street ... and even in their homes”. |
| French Jews, the largest community outside of the US and Israel, have been leaving France at a steady pace for around a dozen years. | French Jews, the largest community outside of the US and Israel, have been leaving France at a steady pace for around a dozen years. |
| Around 5,000 departures in 2016 add to the record 7,900 who left in 2015 and 7,231 in 2014. In total, 40,000 French Jews have emigrated since 2006. | Around 5,000 departures in 2016 add to the record 7,900 who left in 2015 and 7,231 in 2014. In total, 40,000 French Jews have emigrated since 2006. |
| The community was shocked in 2006 by the kidnapping and antisemitic killing of a 23-year-old Jewish man, Ilan Halimi, in the Paris suburbs, which was followed by a shooting in a Jewish school in the south-west city of Toulouse in 2012. | The community was shocked in 2006 by the kidnapping and antisemitic killing of a 23-year-old Jewish man, Ilan Halimi, in the Paris suburbs, which was followed by a shooting in a Jewish school in the south-west city of Toulouse in 2012. |
| Experts and members of the Jewish community in France say the terror attacks in recent years – including one at a kosher supermarket in January 2015 – are not the only reason people are leaving. Family, religious and economic reasons have also played a role in decisions to emigrate. | Experts and members of the Jewish community in France say the terror attacks in recent years – including one at a kosher supermarket in January 2015 – are not the only reason people are leaving. Family, religious and economic reasons have also played a role in decisions to emigrate. |
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