{"id":50331,"date":"2026-07-12T19:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/50331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T19:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:04:11","slug":"military-grade-weapon-found-in-car-near-paris-synagogue-300-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/50331\/","title":{"rendered":"Military-grade weapon found in car near Paris synagogue, 300 evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around 300 people were evacuated on Saturday from a neighborhood in Sarcelles, north of Paris<\/a>, after a suspicious vehicle containing a military-grade weapon was discovered in the vicinity of a synagogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday evening, at around 9:30 p.m., the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) and General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) were informed of a possible Islamist terrorist attack targeting a synagogue in Sarcelles, potentially involving a Toyota vehicle.<\/p>\n

The location of the vehicle was Rue Henri Dunant, and 500 meters from the Great Synagogue, as well as a cinema and several restaurants.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s<\/a> specialized National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor\u2019s Office (PNAT) confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that the vehicle was unoccupied at the time it was discovered by security forces. It was also found to have been stolen, and its license plates had been partially removed.<\/p>\n

PNAT confirmed that a Kalashnikov-type assault rifle with several magazines and a Beretta pistol, also loaded with a magazine, were both found in the vehicle.<\/p>\n

In light of these findings, on 12 July 2026, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor\u2019s Office opened an investigation into criminal terrorist<\/a> conspiracy; and the transport, possession, and acquisition of Category A and Category B firearms in connection with a terrorist enterprise.<\/p>\n

The investigation has been entrusted to the DGSI, the SDAT (Anti-Terrorism Sub-Directorate), the DNPJ (National Directorate of Judicial Police), and the DIPN of Val-d\u2019Oise (Departmental Directorate of the National Police).<\/p>\n

France\u2019s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told BFMTV on Sunday that no motive has been established, and no individuals have been identified.<\/p>\n

Asked whether there was an imminent threat, Nunez told BFMTV: \u201cWe simply don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Post reached out to the synagogue for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 300 people were evacuated on Saturday from a neighborhood in Sarcelles, north of Paris, after a suspicious…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4558,1492,20155,32955,30,26565,64],"class_list":["post-50331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-antisemitism","tag-european-jews","tag-french-jews","tag-jews","tag-paris","tag-synagogue","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}