(JTA) Guards protecting a Jewish school in the French city of Marseille overpowered a man wielding a knife whom they suspected intended to stab patrons at a nearby kosher store and bakery.
The incident Friday morning happened in the city’s 13th district, opposite the Yavne Jewish school, La Provence reported. Police took into custody the suspect after the security guards protecting the school charged at him and immobilized him, taking away the weapon.
The man arrived at the bakery, Cache Food, in a black Seat car that a forensic team is scanning, reported [La] Provence, which said the man appeared to be in his sixties and was wearing a towel on his head during the alleged attack. Police suspect he was intending to carry out a terrorist attack against Jewish individuals.
