(JNS) A 16-year-old boy of Palestinian descent was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a rabbi in front of the rabbi’s son in Orléans, about 75 miles southwest of Paris.
The alleged assault, in which the suspect was said to have savagely bit the victim, prompted condemnations from French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
The suspect bit Rabbi Arié Engelberg on the shoulder after accosting him and beating him on the street at around 1 p.m., the Le Parisien news site reported. The rabbi was lightly wounded, including on the cheek. The assailant left the scene after the attack but police arrested the suspect at 9:45 p.m.
