Several Paris Jewish institutions sprayed with green paint | World News

Five Jewish institutions were sprayed with green paint in Paris overnight and an investigation has been opened, a police source said on Saturday.
Police found the paint damage early on Saturday on the Shoah Memorial, which is the Holocaust museum in Paris, three synagogues and a restaurant in the horic Jewish neighbourhood of Le Marais, the source said.
Interior Miner Bruno Retailleau said on X that he was disgusted these “despicable acts targeting the Jewish community”. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said in a post on X later on Saturday that he was “appalled the attack” on Jewish institutions in the French capital.
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“I call on the French authorities to act swiftly, and firmly to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to defend the Jewish community from hatred and attacks of any kind,” Herzog said.
It was not yet known who committed the damage, or why. The Interior Minry did not respond to a request for comment on details of the incidents. France has seen a rise in hate crimes: last year police recorded an 11% rise in rac, xenophobic or antireligious crimes, according to official data published in March. The figures did not break down the attacks on different religions.