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Boys charged in alleged antisemitic gang rape of 12-year-old girl in France
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Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence, French authorities said Wednesday. A Jewish leader said the girl is Jewish.
The attack elicited widespread shock and concern, notably after a surge in antisemitic acts in France since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. President Emmanuel Macron asked schools to hold a "discussion hour" for teachers to talk with their students about racism and antisemitism this week in the wake of the incident.
The girl told police she was gang-raped by boys using antisemitic slurs, according to the public prosecution office for the Nanterre region.
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