A French judge has placed the main suspect involved in an arson attack on a synagogue in a resort in southern France last week under formal investigation for attempted murder on the grounds of race or religion, along with two other suspects.
The suspect, an Algerian man identified as EHK, who expressed deep hatred of Jews, and told prosecutors he acted in “support of the Palestinian cause”, was charged with attempted terrorist murder on the grounds of race or religion and for association with a criminal organisation.
