“Sarcelles (95): A Pakistani who was forced to leave the country attacked 3 Jews with a knife. Indicted and released (Update: The indignant mayor),” translated from “Sarcelles (95) : un Pakistanais qui fait l’objet d’une obligation de quitter le territoire a agressé 3 juifs au couteau. Mis en examen et libéré (MàJ : Le maire indigné),” Fdesouche, April 3, 2021 :

I wrote today to the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice to express my incomprehension and outrage. How can a man who threatens three young Sarcellois of the Jewish faith with a knife be freed? What conception of freedoms does the judge who allowed this have?

How can the same man, who was ordered two years ago to leave French territory, continue to stay without status and without official domicile in our city and be a danger to our fellow citizens? I congratulate the Jewish community’s protection service for its immediate intervention, the police from the Sarcelles police station for the arrest, and the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office, which appealed against the judge’s decision.

The prevention and security services of the City of Sarcelles as well as the national police are more than ever present on the ground to ensure the peace of all. If we are not to panic, we need everyone to take responsibility and the state to enforce the law. This is what will guarantee our freedoms and allow us to live in peace.

Mayor of Sarcelles
04/01/21

On Monday, the last day of the Jewish Passover feast, around 8:30 p.m., three young people come out of the great synagogue of Sarcelles and walked on Boulevard Albert-Camus, in the heart of Little Jerusalem. All three were wearing the kippah.

Then a woman, from her first-floor balcony, alerted them, shouting: “Watch out, he has a knife!” The young people, in their twenties, turned around to find a drunken man two meters away who was pointing a long knife in their direction. They immediately fled and escaped him.

He reportedly said: “They stole my job.”

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The suspect, believed to be around 35 years old, of Pakistani origin, was taken into custody at Sarcelles police station. After his police custody, the man was referred to the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday, and the latter opened a judicial investigation for “threat with a weapon.” Indicted by the investigating judge, he was placed under judicial supervision in the evening and released.

He also said that there was no evidence to confirm the anti-Semitic nature of the incident. This aggravating circumstance was not ultimately retained. A 30 cm knife with a serrated blade He also revealed that the suspect was subject to an order to leave French territory issued by the prefect several years ago. “It is not being applied. Is this normal?” he asks.