Murder of a Jewish Holocaust survivor investigated as anti-Semitic crime

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On 23 March the 85-year-old French Jewish Mireille Knoll was killed in her house in Paris. The autopsy showed she had been stabbed several times before the apartment was set on fire.

On 26 march French police charged two men with murder motivated by adherence to a religion and with aggravated robbery and destruction of property. Therefore, French prosecutors are treating the case as an anti-Semitic attack.

France's Jewish population warned of increasing anti-Semitism in the country and criticized authorities for not taking the threat seriously.

On 28 March thousands of people took part in a silent march in Paris in memory of Mireille Knoll.

On 23 March 2018 Mireille Knoll, a Jewish woman who survived to Holocaust, was murdered in her house.

Euro|topics, March 2018: Murder of Holocaust survivor shocks France http://www.eurotopics.net/en/196967/murder-of-holocaust-survivor-shocks-france

The Local.fr, 28.03.18: Thousands march against anti-Semitism in Paris after murder of Jewish grandmother https://www.thelocal.fr/20180328/french-march-against-anti-semitism-after-murders-of-jewish-women

Deutsche Welle, 27.03.18: French police charge suspects in murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll http://www.dw.com/en/french-police-charge-suspects-in-murder-of-holocaust-survivor-mireille-knoll/a-43147107

France24, 27.03.18: French police treat murder of woman, 85, as anti-Semitic attack http://www.france24.com/en/20180327-france-murder-85-year-old-woman-anti-semitic-attack-mireille-knoll

Euronews, 27.03.18: Paris police say murder of a Jewish woman in Paris was a hate crime http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/27/paris-police-say-murder-of-a-jewish-woman-in-paris-was-a-hate-crime

The Local.fr, 27.03.18: Paris: Two charged with anti-Semitic murder of 85-year-old Holocaust survivor https://www.thelocal.fr/20180327/paris-anti-semitism-fears-over-brutal-murder-of-85-year-old-holocaust-survivor

The Local.fr, 27.03.18: 'We're shocked and worried': France's Jewish community in fear after anti-Semitic murder https://www.thelocal.fr/20180327/jewish-community-in-france-in-fear-and-shock-over-murder-of-85-year-old-holocaust-survivor

Politico, 27.03.18: France to investigate murder of Holocaust survivor as a hate crime https://www.politico.eu/article/france-to-investigate-murder-of-holocaust-jewish-survivor-as-a-hate-crime-anti-semitic/

Reuters, 27.03.18: French police suspect anti-Semitism motivated murder of Holocaust survivor https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-crime/french-police-suspect-anti-semitism-motivated-murder-of-holocaust-survivor-idUSKBN1H316V

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