France Shocked by Beating of Jewish Teen

Sarkozy vows to fight anti-Semitism after victim left in coma
By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 22, 2008 8:18 AM CDT
France Shocked by Beating of Jewish Teen
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy walks past the Wall of Names during his visit to the Shoah Memorial, or Holocaust Memorial in Paris, on Friday, July 20, 2007.    (AP Photo)

A Paris teenager was beaten into a coma yesterday in what Jewish groups are calling an anti-Semitic attack, the AP reports. In one account, about 15 people beat the 17-year-old, who was wearing a skullcap in eastern Paris. Authorities have detained five people for questioning, and President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for "total determination to fighting all forms of racism and anti-Semitism." (More France stories.)

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