1999 ⟶ Richard Baumhammers Assaults Woman in Paris, Claiming She is Jewish
Richard Baumhammers was arrested in Paris, France for striki...
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1980
1999
💥 Paris Synagogue Bombing
TerrorismAnti-SemitismSynagogue BombingParisJewish CommunityViolence1980sMiddle East
France🔪 Richard Baumhammers Assaults Woman in Paris, Claiming She is Jewish
Richard Baumhammers was arrested in Paris, France for striking a 50-year-old female bartender named Vivianne Le Garrac because he "believed she was Jewish". Baumhammers then told both Le Garrac and the arresting officers that he was "mentally ill." The police took Baumhammers to the psychiatric ward of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris for evaluation, then detained him at a police station. By week's end, he left on a flight for Spain.⟶
Hate CrimeParisAssaultAnti-SemitismViolenceMental HealthFranceIndividual Violence
France🔥 Arson Attacks on Synagogues and an Abortion Clinic in Sacramento
There were arson attacks in Sacramento, California – Congregation B'nai Israel, Congregation Beth Shalom, and Knesset Israel Torah Center. The fires caused over $1 million in damage. On 17 March 2000, brothers Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams were charged with setting the three synagogue fires and a 2 July fire at the Country Club Medical center, which housed an abortion clinic. The charges carried up to 235 years in prison. Matthew Williams later admitted to reporters that he was one of eight or nine men who set fire to the synagogues and the clinic; he also claimed that his brother Tyler had not been involved.⟶
ArsonSynagogueHate CrimeCaliforniaNeo-NazismDomestic TerrorismViolenceReligious Violence
United States of America🔫 Buford O. Furrow Jr. Commits Los Angeles Jewish Community Center Shooting
Buford O. Furrow, Jr. kills mail carrier Joseph Santos Ileto and shoots five people in the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.⟶
Los AngelesJewish Community Center ShootingHate CrimeNeo-NaziViolenceMass ShootingAnti-SemitismDomestic Terrorism
United States of America