(Times of Israel) France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Friday that he had ordered an increase in security at synagogues following a stabbing attack in Paris outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
“I have given instructions that all symbolic sites that have experienced attacks be protected,” Darmanin said in an interview with the France 2 television network. “During this weekend and on Monday, a particularly important festival for our Jewish compatriots, I also asked for special protection of synagogues.”
Two people were critically wounded in Friday’s attack near Charlie Hebdo’s former offices in the French capital’s 11th district. The magazine’s new address is kept secret.
