French Jewish politician stabbed to death

 

A Jewish councilman was found dead in his apartment on Tuesday morning, prompting French media speculation of a racially motivated killing. Alain Ghozland, from the Parisian suburb of Créteil, was found by his brother, who checked in on the city councilman after he failed to attend synagogue the previous evening. While a police source who spoke with French daily Metro News admitted that it was “too early to know the cause of death,” Ghozland was reportedly found with stab wounds and bruising. His apartment appeared to have been ransacked and his car was missing from its parking spot outside. The victim, whose father helped found the local Jewish cultural association, was active in Jewish affairs, and his death has shaken his co-religionists, according to the French newspaper.

 

He was described by the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (CRIF), the umbrella organization representing French Jewry, as “a prominent leader of the local Jewish community.” “People are upset. They do not know what to think and ask a lot of questions,” one relative was quoted as saying. Police have not ruled out anti-Semitism as a factor in Ghozland’s death and the CRIF has stated that there is still “indication of the motive for the crime”... Read more.

 

Source : http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/French-Jewish-politician-found-dead-with-stab-wounds-in-his-home-441254