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Black extremists threaten Jews in Paris
EFLPARIS (EJP) --- French police opened an investigation Monday after suspected members of a black extremist group marched through a Jewish quarter in central Paris shouting anti-Semitic slogans at the weekend. Shoppers in the historic Marais neighbourhood, one of the busiest districts in the Jewish area of Paris, were left in shock early Sunday evening after a group of black extremists terrorised community members with anti-Semitic verbal abuse. More than 20 men claiming to be members of the Tribu-Ka anti-white group walked up and down the crowded Rue des Rosiers shouting at the families and youths in the area. Jewish groups want the extremist group to be banned. The French Office of Vigilance against anti-Semitism (BNCVA) said in a statement the gang was performing Nazi salutes, looking for a fight with the neighbourhood's Jews, threatening and intimidating them". BNCVA said the gang members were "performing Nazi salutes, looking for a fight with the neighbourhood's Jews, threatening and intimidating them". "We are in contact with the interior ministry and the police department on the question," the head of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRCIF), Roger Cukierman, told AFP. They screamed out 'Death to Jews!' one witness, who would only give his name as Julien, told EJP. They told us they werent Arabs and that they would kasherise us, said a second witness, Stephan, a fifty-year-old butcher from the Panzer delicatessen. Ive never been more scared in my life, book-salesman David R added. Police quickly broke up the march, running identity checks on 19 people none of whom were armed. Security has been stepped up in the area. Since they committed no apparent offence, police let the men go. Much more at link Posted by: ryuge 2006-05-30 |
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