In Paris, Public prosecutor's office is investigating a supposedly anti-Semitic murder of 85-year-old Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll. An investigation was initiated for murder due to "actual or alleged affiliation of victim to a religion", authority shared. Two suspects were brought to an investigating magistrate to initiate proceedings against m. One of detainees is neighbor of woman.

According to a communication by Jewish Umbrella Association Crif, Knoll was found dead in her apartment on Friday. According to a report from newspaper Le Parisien, traces of several knife engravings were found on corpse. Fire was placed in apartment after several places.

France's chief Rabbi Haïm Korsia tweeted: "Appalled at tragic death of Mireille Knoll, survivor of Shoah." Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said during a visit to Jerusalem that a Semitic motif appeared "plausible". This shows how important fight against antisemitism is.

Just barely escaped German occupiers

Knoll's son told French news agency AFP that his 1932-born mor was just barely escaping "raid of Vélodrome d ' hiver" in 1942, having fled from Paris with her mor shortly before. At that time, French police officers arrested 13,000 Jews at instigation of German occupiers. Most of m were later deported and murdered to Auschwitz concentration camp.

Just a year ago, a pensioner with Jewish beliefs had been murdered in Paris. The investigators were in criticism because y did not initially assume an anti-Semitic motive. It was not until February 2018 that judiciary classified act as presumably anti-Semitic.

Date Of Update: 27 March 2018, 12:03