France’s interior minister has promised to protect the country’s Jewish community from extremists after a double stabbing in Paris blamed on Islamic terrorism. members of France’s Jewish community of the protection of the state,” Mr Darmanin told reporters. Satirical sketchesThe suspected assailant in Friday’s attack told investigators that he was targeting Charlie Hebdo after it recently republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, according to a judicial official. Seven others were detained in the aftermath of Friday’s attack, but one has been released, the official said. The two people wounded in Friday’s attack were a woman and a man working at the Premieres Lignes documentary production company who had stepped outside for a smoke.

Source: The Irish Times September 27, 2020 14:03 UTC