Jewish man injured in Strasbourg stabbing

Adding, that he was stabbed by a man who shouted “Allahu Akhbar”, and that his injury seems not to be serious.

Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel, 84, was slaughtered by two Islamists who stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen, and slit his throat in July.

However, though predictably, French authorities are already dismissing any ties to terrorism.

A rabbi has been stabbed outside a popular restaurant in Strasbourg, France.

A man wearing a traditional Jewish kippah was been injured in a knife attack in Strasbourg, but police are reportedly ruling out terrorism.

The Umbrella Body for French Jewish Organizations (CRIF) deemed the attack on the Hasidic man to be “anti-Semitic”.

The attack sparked fears France has fallen victim to another Islamic terrorist attack – although this was later ruled out.

“Mental health.” “Ruled out a terror motive”.

The victim, who is in his 60s, was stabbed in the abdomen outside his home in Strasbourg’s Jewish quarter, the city’s chief rabbi, Rene Gutman, told AFP.

Mendel Samama, a rabbi in Strasbourg, said he had spoken to Mr Levy in hospital, describing his situation as “stable”. “He is weak. He was hit in the abdominal region a few centimetres from a vital organ”.

The suspect, said to be mentally ill, is believed to be known to police in relation to another attack on a Jewish victim in 2010.