Police are investigating the discovery of bullet holes at a synagogue in Western France.
Officers, who are viewing the incident as a possible hate crime, have been twice called over the past three weeks to the synagogue of Le Havre, the news website Paris-Normandie reports. (Link in French)
The first set of bullet holes was discovered in the building’s façade on Nov. 28 and another, which included the mailbox, was discovered on Dec. 2, the newspaper says.
The French government has deployed approximately 12,000 police and military around synagogues and other Jewish community buildings, where they provide constant protection during activity hours, and at some locales around the clock.
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