Man shot dead by police in northern France after attempted burning of synagogue

French police have shot dead a man armed with a knife in the northern city of Rouen after he attempted to burn down to a synagogue

Firefighters extinguished blaze before it engulfed the Jewish house of worship but there was significant damage to the building.

Ross Cullen reports.

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