3 French Soldiers Stabbed at Nice Jewish Center
Image by getty images
Three French soldiers protecting a Jewish community center in the southern French city of Nice were attacked by a knife-wielding man.
One soldier was stabbed in his arm and another was cut on his face in the Tuesday afternoon attack, the French news agency AFP reported. The soldiers were on anti-terror patrol outside the JCC, which is located in the center of the city.
Police detained the attacker, but two alleged accomplices fled after the stabbing, according to France 24.
Jewish institutions, mosques and heavily trafficked areas throughout France have been under military protection by more than 10,000 soldiers since last month’s attacks by Islamic extremists, including on a kosher supermarket in Paris, left 17 dead.
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said the attacker carried an identity card identifying him as Moussa Coulibaly, the same last name as the kosher supermarket attacker, though it is not known if they are related.
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.
Now more than ever, American Jews need independent news they can trust, with reporting driven by truth, not ideology. We serve you, not any ideological agenda.
At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and the protests on college campuses.
Readers like you make it all possible. Support our work by becoming a Forward Member and connect with our journalism and your community.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
