A young Frenchman of Chechen origin was arrested in Strasbourg on Thursday October 19 while sharpening a knife blade on the fences around the Synagogue of Peace.
A 15-year-old youth with a knife was arrested near the Strasbourg synagogue on Thursday, police sources said on Friday.
The young Frenchman of Chechen descent was detained by a member of the riot police (CRS) after he sharpened the blade of a knife on the metal fences around the Great Synagogue of Peace before concealing the weapon in his sleeve.
He was taken into police custody and stated that he had found the knife, a pocket knife with a 12 centimetre blade, by chance in his pocket.
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