I posted yesterday about an Algerian culture-enricher who tried to burn down a synagogue in Rouen, and was shot dead by police for his efforts. The unfortunate youth had been ordered to leave France, but could not be deported because he had appealed the order.
Below are three news videos from French TV about events in Rouen. Many thanks to HeHa for the translations, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling.
Video #1:
Video #2:
Video #3 (remarks by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin):
Video transcript #1:
| 00:00 | And I would like to give two pieces of information that we received from the BFMTV courthouse report. | |
| 00:05 | First, this man who was shot down this morning by the police was born in Algeria, | |
| 00:08 | and this individual, who died, was under OQTF, that is, the obligation to leave French soil, | |
| 00:13 | for less than a year, but this order could not be enforced because he had appealed it | |
| 00:18 | before the administrative court. This is what a source close to the dossier stated this morning. |
Video transcript #2:
| 00:00 | An armed man was killed this morning in Rouen. We learned of it a few minutes ago. | |
| 00:04 | This man tried to set a synagogue on fire. What are the first pieces of news this morning, Romain? | |
| 00:08 | The events took place around 7:15 this morning, in the city center of Rouen. | |
| 00:12 | According to a police union, an individual first tried to set the building on fire. | |
| 00:16 | The firefighters and the police rushed to the site. | |
| 00:19 | And when they arrived, the individual, armed with an iron bar and a knife, | |
| 00:22 | lunged at the firefighters and the police officers. | |
| 00:25 | A police officer warned him numerous times before opening fire five times at the suspect, | |
| 00:30 | who died on the spot. Forensics are currently underway in front of the synagogue. | |
| 00:34 | There is no information on the age and profile of this man for the moment. | |
| 00:38 | Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, expressed himself on the topic on the X platform. | |
| 00:42 | He congratulated the police officers for their responsiveness and their courage. | |
| 00:45 | The surveillance over the places of worship has been enhanced since last March. | |
| 00:48 | The increase of the “Vigipirate Plan” [anti-terrorist] is at its highest level of emergency. | |
| 00:52 | This is an event within a context of a significant increase in recent months. | |
| 00:56 | Anti-Semitic acts, according to Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, | |
| 00:59 | have risen by 300% compared to the first three months of 2023. | |
| 01:03 | These were the details this morning, live from Romain Houg, for RMC. |
Video transcript #3:
| 00:00 | What I mean is that this person, in his administrative life, is a citizen who is not French. | |
| 00:08 | He is of Algerian origin, as far as I know. | |
| 00:11 | He filed a request at the prefecture of Seine-Maritime in 2022, | |
| 00:17 | for a “residence permit for ill foreigners”, which allows foreign citizens to get a visa | |
| 00:22 | to be treated in France to heal from certain diseases. | |
| 00:25 | He was denied this “residence permit for ill foreigners” | |
| 00:28 | after consulting a physician who doesn’t depend | |
| 00:31 | on the Ministry of the Interior, the OFII, and he was told that he could not have this permit. | |
| 00:35 | He was then subject to an order to leave French soil, | |
| 00:39 | even if he was not found in the radicalization database, | |
| 00:43 | that is, he was not put on file as “S” [state security], nor, as I believe, | |
| 00:46 | as far as the Ministry of Interior is concerned, was he known to the police databases, | |
| 00:49 | but I guess, Mr. Prosecutor, that you pointed out that | |
| 00:52 | he was not known to the justice records, either. |