French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man leaving a Paris synagogue

PARIS (AP) — French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man near a synagogue in Paris. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late Saturday the attack on a man on Friday evening was “a new antisemitic attack.” In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the interior minister said authorities are working tirelessly to apprehend the perpetrator of “this unspeakable act.” A statement from the Paris public prosecutor’s office said that an assailant was seen physically and verbally assaulting a 62-year-old man, wearing a Jewish skullcap, as he was leaving a synagogue in Paris’s 20th arrondissement Friday evening. Earlier, Darmanin ordered police prefectures in France to strengthen protections around Jewish schools and places of worship.