Politics is put on hold after Toulouse shootings

20. 03. 2012

Politics is put on hold after Toulouse shootings


The Toulouse shootings have brought the French presidential race to a halt.

Both Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande have suspended their campaigns.

 

The incumbent head of state and his wife Carla Bruni joined the Socialist contender in attending a memorial service for those who died.

 

They gathered with members of the Jewish community at a synagogue in Paris' Marais district.

 

After the ceremony, thousands of Parisians led by a Jewish groups held a silent march through the east of the city.

A minute of silence will also be held in all French schools later today.

 

 

The shootings amount to France's most deadly anti-Semitic violence since August 1982, when a grenade attack on a Jewish restaurant in the French capital killed six people.

 

Late on Monday, the bodies of the victims were driven to the Ozar Hatorah school where pupils, teachers and parents held a overnight vigil in their memory.

 

All of the dead had joint Israeli-French citizenship.

 

Their bodies will be flown to Israel for burial as soon as possible at the request of their families.

 

Source: Euronews

Politics is put on hold after Toulouse shootings