A Jewish woman was allegedly raped and threatened with murder by a man seeking to “avenge Palestine” in France.
A 32-year-old man was charged with “religiously motivated death threats” and drug use following his arrest in Gennevilliers on Sunday.
The victim, saying have She met the suspect through a dating app in 2023 and claimed that she had been trapped in the suspect’s house before counter-terrorism police raided the apartment on Chenard-et-Walker Avenue and made the arrest.
Police sources said the suspect took the woman’s phone and sent a text message to her mother and ex-boyfriend. To his parents wrote: ‘Good luck, you will never find your daughter again, you will never see her again, I will defile your daughter.’
She wrote to her ex-boyfriend that she wanted to “avenge Palestine.”
The victim was able to alert police when she retrieved her phone on Sunday and called her mother for help, prompting geolocation of her call and an arrest later that day, initially suspicious of kidnapping.
The file photo shows French police forces, including the Investigation and Intervention Brigade, who raided the house in Gennevilliers, participating in anti-terrorism exercises on March 27.
The suspect, whose name has not been identified, will be tried in June for the charges against him.
He was initially suspected of kidnapping, but the charge was eventually rejected. No accepted by the prosecution.
The suspect acknowledged the death threats but described them as mere “provocations,” according to BFMTV.
The victim told investigators she had been raped by the suspect.
It was also reported that the man claimed he would ‘prostitute’ the victim in text messages to his mother.
The man was arrested in Nanterre and placed under judicial control with a ban on possessing a weapon and coming into contact with the victim, local media reported.
The rape allegation is reportedly still being investigated.
Police custody was lifted on Tuesday, before the trial to be held on June 21 before the 16th Criminal Chamber.
The case has sparked national outrage in France and provoked strong reactions from politicians.
Elsa Faucillon, a congresswoman from Hauts-de-Seine, wrote on Twitter/X that she was “horrified by this despicable and anti-Semitic act,” sharing “solidarity and moved thoughts for this woman.”
Former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen wrote: ‘Far-left politicians, who for six months have multiplied inflammatory statements and speeches of unacceptable violence, bear a great responsibility in this climate of anti-Semitic hatred.
“I offer my full support to the victim and our fellow Jews.”
Meyer Habib drew comparisons to the murder of Sarah Halimi, a Jewish woman murdered in her apartment in 2017. The case sparked outrage across the country and sparked mass protests.
Meyer Habib, a deputy in the French National Assembly, wrote: ‘Thank God he managed to escape! As in Toulouse, as for Sarah Halimi and hyperkosher, hatred of Israel kills in France. “It is the fuel of anti-Semitism, hatred of Israel is the blade of the Islamist dagger.”
Former Jewish kindergarten teacher Sarah Halimi was attacked and murdered in her Paris apartment in 2017.
His attacker, Kobili Traoré, a Muslim of Malian origin, chanted verses from the Koran and shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ while attacking her over a period of 20 to 30 minutes.
The case also sparked outrage in France and raised fears of a growing trend of anti-Semitism.
‘Sad and worried for the French Jews but, above all, as I keep saying, worried for France!’ Habib concluded the post from him.