Paris: At least four people were injured after a small explosion inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb in France on Wednesday.
The attack came a few hours after a satirical French weekly published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Muslims around the world are already outraged after an anti-Islam film made in the US.
“We’ll need to analyze, quantify and measure all these elements, such as to know perhaps the type of explosives used,” Yves Jannier, the state prosecutor in the Val d’Oise region, said at a news conference. “But for now, we should avoid any extrapolation or hasty conclusions.”
The Sipa news agency reported four injuries. It said the two assailants fled after throwing a rock through the shop’s window shortly before the explosion, and that the victims are being treated for wounds to their arms and legs from the explosion and broken glass, The Washington Post reported.
A French Jewish umbrella organization, CRIF, said in a statement that “it fears this attack” is connected to violent protests in recent days from Asia to Africa against the U.S.-produced film “Innocence of Muslims,” which ridicules Prophet Muhammad. CRIF criticized those who are linking Jews to the making of the film and said “nothing can justify the wave of violence that has hit the world since its release.”
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