TIMES OF ISRAEL
French teen charged in machete attack on Jewish teacher
by AP, AFP and Staff
January 14, 2016

A French judge handed preliminary charges of “attempted assassination linked to a terrorist organization” to a machete-wielding teen who attacked a Jewish teacher… A source close to the investigation told local media the boy had said he was “ashamed” that he did not manage to kill the 35-year-old teacher, Benjamin Amsellem. The teenager, an ethnic Kurd from Turkey, told police he did not regret the assault, and that he was inspired by the Islamic State terror group. In the wake of the attack a debate began in France’s Jewish community over whether men and boys should stop wearing the skullcap identifying their religion. READ MORE