News and updates about Lyon

Lyon, France approves funding for Holocaust memorial

Holocaust monument will open in 2025 to coincide with 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz.

Lyon, France approves funding for Holocaust memorial

Fire in 7-story apt building in Lyon, France kills five children

Massive emergency operation responds to deadly apartment building fire in France's third largest city.

Fire in 7-story apt building in Lyon, France kills five children

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Antisemitism now suspected in murder of elderly Jew

Prosecutor in Lyon says 89-year-old man who was pushed out of his window by a neighbor may have been killed because he was Jewish.

Antisemitism now suspected in murder of elderly Jew

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90-year-old Jewish man pushed to his death in Lyon

Police do not suspect antisemitic motive in death of 90-year-old René Hadjaj after a dispute with his neighbors.

90-year-old Jewish man pushed to his death in Lyon

Suspect in gang attack on Jewish man in Lyon, France arrested

Leader of gang, reportedly a minor, held by police after Jewish man called anti-Semitic slur and assaulted at the end of Rosh Hashanah.

Suspect in gang attack on Jewish man in Lyon, France arrested

Suspect arrested in shooting of priest in France

The Greek Orthodox priest who was shot outside his church is in serious condition.

Suspect arrested in shooting of priest in France

Reports in France: Priest shot outside Lyon church

Orthodox priest wounded in Lyon Greek church while closing doors. Condition apparently serious. Police search for shooter.

Reports in France: Priest shot outside Lyon church

Beheading in French churches - the end of Western civilization

Civil war is not a threat in France, it is already underway/. Op-ed.

Beheading in French churches - the end of Western civilization

France: Manhunt for suspect in stabbing attack

Police search for second stabbing suspect after knife attack leaves one dead, eight wounded.

France: Manhunt for suspect in stabbing attack

Report: Lyon bombing suspect pledged allegiance to ISIS

Man arrested for a bombing outside bakery in Lyon, France, reportedly told investigators he had pledged allegiance to ISIS.

Report: Lyon bombing suspect pledged allegiance to ISIS

France: Suspect arrested in Lyon bomb attack

French police arrest 24-year-old Algerian computer student suspected of planting bomb that wounded 13 in Lyon.

France: Suspect arrested in Lyon bomb attack

France: 13 wounded in explosion in Lyon

13 people wounded in explosion on a street in the city of Lyon in France.

France: 13 wounded in explosion in Lyon

In wake of terror wave: 145 make Aliyah from France

Fleeing recent terror wave and rising anti-Semitism in France, 145 people make Aliyah from Paris, Marseilles, Toulouse, Lyon and Nice.

In wake of terror wave: 145 make Aliyah from France

French Beheader Had ISIS Link

Paris chief prosecutor reveals Yassin Salhi, who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up gas factory, acted according to ISIS orders.

French Beheader Had ISIS Link

France: Terrorist Confesses to Beheading His Boss

After several hours of silence, Islamist Yassin Salhi finally confesses to his gruesome crimes in Friday terror attack in Lyon.

France: Terrorist Confesses to Beheading His Boss

Attacker and Victim in France Decapitation Attack Identified

Terrorist known to police, though he did not have a criminal record; attack one of a string of terrorist assaults worldwide Friday.

Attacker and Victim in France Decapitation Attack Identified

Unprovoked Attack on Jews in Lyon

Jews attacked as they walk to synagogue.

Unprovoked Attack on Jews in Lyon

France Asks European Parliament to Lift Le Pen Immunity

French prosecutors have requested that the European Parliament strip National Front leader Marine Le Pen of her immunity.

France Asks European Parliament to Lift Le Pen Immunity

French Lawyer Seeks Removal of Judge Due to Jewish Name

A French lawyer in the city of Lyon has requested that a judge be taken off a case because he is Jewish, links name "Moises" to "Levy".

French Lawyer Seeks Removal of Judge Due to Jewish Name

French Chief Rabbi of Lyon Receives Threats

In France, the Chief Rabbi of Lyon has received a threatening letter together with menacing photos.

French Chief Rabbi of Lyon Receives Threats