Anti-semitic fears after Paris arson

A Paris kosher grocery shop was gutted in a suspected arson attack yesterday, reviving anti-semitism fears in France three years to the day since an assault on a Jewish supermarket by an Islamist gunman. The store had earlier been vandalised with anti-semitic graffiti.

Anti-semitism watchdog BNVCA said that the attack was intended to “punish” the Muslim owner for links with the Jewish community.