Five people, including the rabbi, who were present in the synagogue complex at the time of the attack were unharmed.
Authorities are searching for a suspect after an arson attack on a synagogue in a southwestern Mediterranean town in France injured a police officer.
Two cars parked at the Beth Yaacov synagogue complex in the seaside resort town of La Grande Motte near Montpellier were set ablaze just after 8 a.m. local time on Saturday, the National Anti-terrorism Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Firefighters discovered additional fires at two entrances to the synagogue.
A police officer who walked up to the site was injured after a propane gas tank in one of the vehicles detonated, officials said.
Five people, including the synagogue’s rabbi, were present in the complex at the time of the attack.
