PARIS, July 12 (Reuters) – About 300 people were evacuated from a neighbourhood in Sarcelles, a multicultural Paris suburb with a large Jewish population, owing to a “suspicious” car near the town’s synagogue, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday.
• Nunez, speaking to French broadcaster BFM, said the incident took place on Saturday evening.
• Nunez said an investigation was under way and that a “military weapon” had been found in the vehicle and that the motive and suspect had not been identified.
(Reporting by Makini BriceEditing by David Goodman)
