– Police are searching for a man suspected of setting fires at a synagogue in southern France, draped in a Palestinian flag
– Incident being treated as a potential terror attack
– Interim Prime Minister and Interior Minister visited the site, calling it a narrowly avoided tragedy
– Security around Jewish sites tightened following the attack
– Two cars outside the synagogue set alight, with a gas canister exploding
– Wounded police officer injured by blast after rushing to the scene
– President Macron called it an act of terror, vowed to apprehend suspect
– CCTV footage shows suspect with Palestinian flag, carrying bottles with yellow liquid and contours of a handgun
– Occurred during heightened state of alert due to war in Gaza
– France’s national anti-terror prosecutors tasked with probing the incident
– 887 anti-Semitic acts in France in first half of 2024
– No religious service ongoing at time of incident, rabbi and others unharmed
– CRIF president said use of gas canister shows intention to kill