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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Lyon

File: Demonstrators use megaphones next to a banner reading in French "From Lyon to Gaza, let's resist!" during aprotest action in the courtyard of the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) building in Lyon, central Eastern France, on April 30, 2024. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
May 21, 2024, 11:00 pm
French police arrest protesters who allegedly assaulted security at Jewish event
No one is hurt in incident at aliyah fair in Lyon, which saw a similar disruption in December
By Canaan Lidor
A police car drives down the street in Lyon, eastern France, on July 16, 2023. (OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
July 27, 2023, 3:03 pm
Two targeted in suspected antisemitic assaults in France, US
13-year-old boy wearing outwardly religious clothing is pushed against wall and threatened in Lyon; attacker pulls tzitzit, makes anti-Jewish remarks to Chabad man in San Diego
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: Protesters hold portraits of jailed Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi (C) and Mohsen Shekari (Bottom-R), a protestor who was executed in Iran in December 2022, during a rally against the Iranian regime in Lyon, France, January 8, 2023. (Ean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP)
January 8, 2023, 10:23 pm
Hundreds take to the streets in Lyon, France in support of Iranian protesters
Demonstrators chant and carry banners reading ‘Woman, life, freedom’ — the slogan of the protests in Iran
By AFP
René Hadjaj, a 90-year-old French Jewish man who was pushed to his death by a neighbor. (Courtesy)
May 27, 2022, 7:44 pm
Prosecutor now suspects antisemitism behind murder of elderly French Jewish man
Citing suspect’s social media post, prosecutor asks judges to include antisemitic motive charge in killing of René Hadjaj, who was thrown from 17th floor to his death by neighbor
By AFP
René Hadjaj, a 90-year-old French Jewish man who was pushed to his death by a neighbor. (Courtesy)
May 20, 2022, 7:34 pm
90-year-old Jewish man allegedly pushed to his death in Lyon, France
Police rule out antisemitism as motive in killing of René Hadjaj, sparking outcry in community who note similarities to two other incidents of French Jews killed in recent years
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The entrance to the College/Lycee Juive de Lyon. (Google via JTA)
November 9, 2021, 12:51 pm
Teenager arrested after waving large machete in front of French Jewish school
Boy also hurls marbles, shouts ‘dirty Jews’ at students of school in Lyon suburb; European Jewish Association chief says France ‘failing miserably’ at preventing such incidents
By Cnaan Liphshiz
This image from video made available by Lyonmag.com shows an egg thrown toward French President Emmanuel Macron, left, to hit him on the shoulder as he walks through the restaurant trade fair in Lyon, France, September 27, 2021. (LYONMAG.COM via AP)
September 27, 2021, 11:21 pm
France’s Macron hit by egg thrown at food trade fair
Egg hits the French president’s shoulder, bounces off without breaking; 19-year-old student detained by police
By AP
A police officer searches for clues after a priest was shot, Oct. 31, 2020, in the city of Lyon, central France (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
November 1, 2020, 1:08 pm
Manhunt underway in France as suspects quizzed over shooting of Orthodox priest
Motive remains unclear but anti-terror prosecutors not investigating case; priest, who is in critical condition, said to be in legal dispute with former monk
By Angela Charlton and Jamey Keaten
A piece of a broken mezuzah hangs on the doorframe of the Yismah Moché Synagogue in Paris, August, 14, 2020. (BNVCA via JTA)
August 19, 2020, 8:59 pm
Paris synagogue neighbor smashes mezuzah ‘to restore religious neutrality’
Yismah Moché Synagogue president files complaint with police over vandalism; separately, graffiti praising Hitler painted on Lyon wall
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In this April 4, 2020 file photo, police officers investigate after a man wielding a knife attacked residents venturing out to shop in the town under lockdown, in Romans-sur-Isere, southern France. French counter-terrorism prosecutors have opened a judicial investigation for murders and attempted murders in relation with a terrorist undertaking, four days after a knife attack south of Lyon left two people dead. (AP Photo)
April 8, 2020, 4:23 pm
French authorities investigating deadly Lyon knife attack as Islamic terror
Two people were killed and five injured in Saturday attack during shopping hours in town under lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic
By AP
A woman takes a picture of bricks which fell from a wall in Le Teil, southeastern France, on November 11, 2019, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 hit the area. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP)
November 11, 2019, 6:15 pm
Strong, rare earthquake in southeastern France injures four
One victim said to be in serious condition from collapsed scaffolding as magnitude 5.4 quake strikes Lyon area
By AFP
Lyon, France (photo credit: CC BY-SA/Flickr/File)
October 19, 2019, 9:40 am
‘Dirty Jew’ spray-painted on Judaica shop in France
Owners of store in Lyon reportedly considering cutting short their vacation in Israel to return to file police complaint
By ToI Staff
This May 24, 2019 screen grab taken from the French police website shows an image and description of a suspect wanted in connection with an explosion in Lyon. (French Police via AP)
May 25, 2019, 7:13 pm
French police pursue manhunt after Lyon attack
Authorities ask public for help in locating suspect behind blast that wounded 13; prosecutor says investigation focuses on ‘attempted murder in relation with terrorist undertaking’
By Agencies
Illustrative: Police officers set a perimeter in front a 'Brioche doree' bakery before French Mayor of Lyon's visit on May 25, 2019 the day after a suspected package bomb blast along a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, France (JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
May 25, 2019, 2:01 pm
French police hunt suspect after Lyon bomb blast
Police appeal to public for help in locating man believed to be behind attack; justice minister says too soon to say whether the explosion was terror act
By Pierre Pratabuy
French security and emergency services block the area following a suspected package bomb exploded along a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, southeast France, on May 24, 2019. (Philippe Desmazes/AFP)
May 24, 2019, 8:07 pm
French police open terror probe as over a dozen injured by package bomb
Manhunt launched for suspect behind blast in Lyon that wounds 13 people; police say explosive device contained ‘screws or bolts’
By Pierre Pratabuy
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