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Teenage thugs in Paris ‘try to rape’ Jewish man after they ‘find image of Israeli flag on his phone’

Parisian man aged 22 reported to have been victim of sexual assault

October 30, 2024 17:16
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A 16-year-old and a 19-year-old have been arrested (Photo: Getty Images)
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A Jewish man in Paris was attacked by two men who attempted to rape him after discovering a photo of the Israeli flag on his phone, the alleged victim and his lawyers have claimed.

Prosecutors in Seine-Saint-Denis, a northeastern suburb of the French capital, have reportedly opened an investigation into a 16-year-old and a 19-year-old, both said to be Algerian. 

The 22-year-old was only able to escape thanks to the intervention of passing strangers who heard him scream, he told Le Parisien.

Noam, whose name has been changed, said he had left work and was going to the tobacconist's when he was approached by the two men when they asked him for a cigarette.