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French police kill man trying to set fire to synagogue

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French soldiers patrol in front of a synagogue outside Paris as part of France's national security alert system in 2015. [AFP]

French police on Friday shot dead a man armed with a knife and a crowbar who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, officials said.

"National police in Rouen neutralised early this morning an armed individual who clearly wanted to set fire to the city's synagogue," Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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