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French police arrest man suspected of attack on synagogue

France's premier and interior minister visit the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte on Saturday following an explosion which is being treated as a terror attack. AFP - PASCAL GUYOT

French police have arrested a man suspected of setting fires and causing an explosion at a synagogue in a southern resort on Saturday in what officials are treating as a terror attack, the country's interior minister said.

"The alleged perpetrator of the arson attack at the synagogue has been arrested," Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said in a social media post on Saturday evening, adding that officers who made the arrest came under fire and had shown "great professionalism".

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