Outrage as Memorial for Murdered Jew Ilan Halimi Smashed Plaque in memory of young Jew tortured to death by anti-Semitic gang smashed; mayor voices 'outrage'; anti-Semitism continues to soar.
The mayor of a Paris suburb has voiced his outrage after memorial plaque honoring Ilan Halimi - a young Jewish man tortured to death by a Muslim gang in 2006 - was desecrated by unidentified vandals.
The glass-and-stone plaque was found smashed at 18:00 on Saturday evening in Bagneux, a southern suburb of the French capital, according to Le Figaro, and has since been removed for repairs.
Bagneux mayor Marie-Hélène Amiable described the vandalism as "outrageous, unacceptable, I am extremely shocked."