On October 22, the Paris police chief denounced “acts of an anti-Semitic nature” and announced that the public prosecutor’s office had opened an investigation for “provocation of racial hatred.”
The man photographed in the Paris metro wearing an “anti-Jewish” printed jersey will be judged on December 12, the Paris prosecutor’s office said this Friday, October 25, requested by AFP.
He was to be tried on Friday in immediate appearance at the capital’s judicial court, but the case was postponed.
In the meantime, he was placed under judicial supervision with compulsory treatment and a new psychiatric assessment was ordered.
No alteration or abolition of discernment
Seized by the prefect of police Laurent Nuñez, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for provocation of racial hatred, when a man was photographed on Monday October 21 on line 13 of the metro with an “anti-Jewish” flocked jersey “. The offense carries a penalty of one year of imprisonment.
This man, born in 1996, presented himself on Thursday October 24 at the police department where he was placed in police custody. A first psychiatric examination was ordered, without detecting any alteration or abolition of discernment.
At the beginning of August, former Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin indicated that 887 anti-Semitic acts had been recorded in the first half of 2024, almost three times more than during the same period in 2023.
