On January 11, 2016, world news reported across social media reported an attack on a Jewish worshiper Outside synagogue in the French city of Marseille. Police report that teacher Binyamin Amsalem was lightly hurt when a 16 year old teenager wielding a machete attacked people leaving a synagogue after morning prayers. Local reports state that the attacker threw the knife before fleeing the scene, and has since been taken into custody. The victim, who was wearing a kippah, defended himself from the large knife with a Torah book on his way to synagogue.
France 24 News provides an update stating the Turkish/Kurdish teenage terrorist committed this terrorist attack on behalf of the ISIS terrorist group. France 24 states: “A teenager who stabbed a Jewish teacher in the southern French city of Marseille Monday is a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin who told police he attacked in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group, according to a prosecutor. The attack, which left the 35-year-old teacher with an injured hand and shoulder, occurred in broad daylight in the south of the city, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin told reporters Monday.”
Twitter Message on the January 11, 2016 Attack in Marseille
This January 11, 2016 attack in Marseille comes a year after the ISIS terrorist attack killing 4 hostages on January 9, 2015 at the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in the Porte de Vincennes area (20th arrondissement of Paris) of Paris, and has been remembered by French patriots supporting human rights and dignity.
Terrorist Victims of January 9, 2015 Terrorist Attack on French Hyper Cacher Kosher Supermarket
Jewish Victims of Terrorist Attack on Hyper Cacher Supermarket Remembered
In November 2015, France 24 News also reported another stabbing attack of a teacher at a Jewish school by an ISIS supporter in Marseille: “A teacher at a Jewish school in the southern French city of Marseille was stabbed on Wednesday evening by three people shouting anti-Semitic obscenities and expressing support for the Islamic State group, local authorities said. The attack on the teacher took place around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) in the city’s 13th district, police prefect Laurent Nunez said. The 57-year-old victim, who was wearing a kippa, was attacked outside his home, a short distance from the school and synagogue complex, a source close to the investigation said.