Posted on 03/05/21
| News Source: i24
Suspect reportedly brandishes knife outside school before attempting to enter kosher supermarket
A man armed with a knife attempted Friday morning to burst into a Jewish school Marseille, France, as well as into a kosher supermarket, French media reported.
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Security guards at the Yavne Jewish school, situated in the 13th arrondissement of the city, obstructed his entry, after which the suspect tried and failed entering a nearby supermarket.
"People in charge of monitoring the Yavne Jewish school overpowered an individual showing off a knife. This individual first appeared in front of the school, from where he was turned back, then entered a neighboring kosher grocery store," the prefect of police, Frederique Camilleri, told outlet Franceinfo.
"It was inside that he was overpowered by the school security guards. The students were confined in the school and no injuries were reported," she added. Read more at i24