Jagdszenen in der französischen Hauptstadt am vergangenen Donnerstag: A black police officer protecting a Jewish football fans in front of more than 150 people strong mob that blows then to lynching. As more warnings and even tear gas, not help, the officer shot one of his attackers, another is seriously injured. Both a journalist who witnessed the scene is when the French police union UNSA speak of legitimate self-defense and the prosecution, the first investigation on suspicion of "willful killing" against the policeman, seems to share this assessment by now. of Interior and the Paris mayor calling for a draconian approach against anti-Semitism and racism, while worsening the situation in France. Already during the UEFA Cup game from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) v Hapoel Tel Aviv, which won the team of Israel 4-2, players and fans were the guests of a very hostile mood suspended. "We have the songs of the French one, who do not in any way connected to football," , commented Hapoel spokesman Amir Lubin against Galei Zahal radio with elegant restraint to the fact that a significant part of the public anti-Semitic hate speech had bawled. Jean-Philippe D'Hallivillée, Head of Security of the Paris Club, said his team had the game and monitors right-wing activities, such as the showing of the Hitler salute recorded. Dozens of spectators were arrested and interrogated. Most of the 1,500 Hapoel fans after the match had to endure first under police protection in the stadium.
on some of the Israelis who had already left the arena, opened a first thirty-or forty-member group hunting. Philippe Broussard, a reporter of the news magazine L'Express , was an observer of this hunt. His report, said the amount of anti-Semitic Slogans and eventually pursued Janniv Hazout and three other Hapoel supporter. rushed to the aid of the threatened Antoine Granomort, a 32-year-old policeman in civilian clothes. "Stay behind me! Stay behind me, damn it! " he tried to protect Hazout. The attackers, he gave himself to be a policeman, but the crowd quickly grew to at least 150 people, now also took Granomort to target and went with shouts of "dirty Jew" , "dirty nigger, we'll kill you" , "Le Pen president" and "France for the French" on a Guy: He was thrown to the ground and in the belly entered. Granomort sat down first with tear gas to defense, but the mob continued to him again. Then came a shot: He met the 25-year-old Julien Quemener fatal and injured then the year-earlier Mounir Boucha difficult. "He has been approached from 150 heated types, and if he had not shot, would he all spent there" , said Frédéric Lagache, head of the police union UNSA, of a clear self-defense for Granomort, eventually in a nearby Fast food sought shelter and even there was still attacked. The deceased belonged to the
Boulogne Boys to, an organization of PSG fans, from whose disposition Aymeric de Saint Hilaire, one of their leaders, in an interview with a friendly group of Ultra-Rapid Vienna made no secret is "Since 1978, Boulogne 'called the historical stand of the PSG supporters, ROB' " - which are part of the Boulogne Boys - " and in extreme right-wing orientation. Many of us are nationalists and proud French, "The will not let hate speech, but to put it into practice on a regular basis;. In 1998 it had during the game against the Israeli club Maccabi Haifa bloody where anti-Semitism. And racist insults and abuse are among the hard core of PSG audience nothing new: Black players of the opposing team, for example, be considered regularly with monkey sounds, and only two weeks ago, a court sentenced two PSG hooligans to prison. The two had attacked a dark-skinned French. Outraged local residents called
after the attacks on the Israeli fans and the police the dissolution of the French first division club Paris-Saint Germain ; its chairman Alain Cayzac said of the "darkest hour" of his club and said he will fight the "scourge of racism and anti-Semitism in the PSG" . If he does not work, he'll take the consequences. Even the Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said, it was "absolutely necessary" , anti-Semitism and racism in the environment of football fans "by all means" to fight . Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy announced after a crisis meeting with soccer clubs and Paris clubs, "to sweep the racist elements in the stages" : "We do not want a Nazi greetings and no monkey cries, when black players touch the ball. " And no anti-Jewish hate chants and hounded may assume that again.
Such determination is as welcome as late. Because anti-Semitism in France takes dramatically for some time to and ensure that think more and more French Jews to emigrate to Israel or have already taken this step. A study by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) had established three years ago, that for the rapid increase of anti-Jewish crimes in the EU - notably France - mainly young people from Muslim immigrant families in charge .* The part of the French government's aggressive policy towards Israel is fueling the situation further. Adding that the National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen is far less than in previous years against Muslims to battle moves, but the widespread anti-Semitism among these is long since discovered and ideological point of comparison has hinge. An appropriate division of labor was also observed on Thursday in the Parc des Princes stadium, as blared on the one side stands the Boulogne Boys their anti-Semitic tirades, while on the other Palestinian and waved Lebanese flags and "Long live Palestine," called slogans were . Conceivable that the subsequent hunt for Hapoel fans and the police as an alliance of Islamists and Nazis took place.
Antoine Granomort in turn - it can be made by the eyewitness reports, no doubt - shows what is in rhetoric commonly referred to as Courage , and in an existential for him the situation: it has protected endangered Jewish football fans in front of an anti-Semitic lynch mob, the this increase was, himself, sought to kill and the possibility of warnings to a tear gas attack did not impress. It is up to others to ensure that such tragedies do not arise.
* The study was initially kept under wraps because they feared for the EUMC, its publication could lead to rioting by Muslims. This finding, which thus substantiating the results of the study, meant that the group mentioned in the official final version no longer appeared as for anti-Semitic crimes lead responsibility.
