President Hollande: Attack on Paris market an "anti-Semitic" act

http://ift.tt/1wEgKe3 //

French President Francois Hollande on Friday referred to a deadly attack on a kosher market in Paris as an "anti-Semitic act" and urged France to remain "implacable" in the face of racism.

See also: 4 pieces of evidence linking al-Qaeda to the Paris terror attack

Hollande says hostage situation at kosher market in Paris was "an appalling anti-Semitic act." http://ift.tt/1wEgKul

— Mashable News (@MashableNews) January 9, 2015

His comments came after a gunman identified as Amedy Coulibaly stormed the market in eastern Paris, taking a number of people hostage and killing four people

In a chilling telephone interview with a reporter from a local television station, Coulibaly reportedly said he had chosen the kosher store because he was "targeting Jews." Read more...

More about Attack, France, Paris, Us World, and World



from MashableChristopher Miller