The Paris Prosecutor’s Office opens an investigation for incitement to racial hatred for an “anti-Jewish” shirt crowded in the subway

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2024-10-22 17:30:00

The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for provoking racial hatred, it announced on Tuesday 22 October, after being contacted by the police prefect, Laurent Nuñez, because a man had been photographed in the subway wearing an “anti-Jewish” flocked shirt.

“As soon as I was informed of these anti-Semitic facts, I immediately instructed my services to refer the case to the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, which opened an investigation for provocation of racial hatred”Mr. Nuñez posted ON. “The regional transport security at the police headquarters is responsible for the investigation to identify and arrest the perpetrator of the crime. Zero tolerance for hate speech”he added.

The Paris Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that it had received notification from the Railway Networks Brigade of a photo taken on Monday on line 13 of the Paris metro and opened an investigation for public incitement to hatred, a crime punishable by capital punishment. one year of imprisonment. “We are currently carrying out the checks and identification of this person with the RATP teams and are initiating the necessary criminal proceedings”he assured for his part the president of the Ile-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse.

At the beginning of August, former Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin assured that 887 anti-Semitic acts had been recorded in the first half of 2024, almost three times more than in the same period in 2023.

The world with AFP

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