Several Paris Jewish institutions sprayed with green paint

PARIS (Reuters) -Five Jewish institutions were sprayed with green paint in Paris overnight and an investigation has been opened, a police source said on Saturday.

Police found the paint damage early on Saturday on the Shoah Memorial, which is the Holocaust museum in Paris, three synagogues and a restaurant in the historic Jewish neighbourhood of Le Marais, the source said.

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on X that he was disgusted by these "despicable acts targeting the Jewish community".

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said in a post on X later on Saturday that he was "appalled by the attack" on Jewish institutions in the French capital.

"I call on the French authorities to act swiftly, and firmly to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to defend the Jewish community from hatred and attacks of any kind," Herzog said.

It was not yet known who committed the damage, or why. The Interior Ministry did not respond to a request for comment on details of the incidents.

France has seen a rise in hate crimes: last year police recorded an 11% rise in racist, xenophobic or antireligious crimes, according to official data published in March. The figures did not break down the attacks on different religions.

(Reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro; Additional reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din in Cairo;Editing by Frances Kerry and Franklin Paul)

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