A potentially deadly terrorist attack on a Paris synagogue in broad daylight was reportedly thwarted at the very last minute on Saturday.
According to 'JSS News', a pair of unidentified attackers approached the synagogue, located in the French capital's 20th District, armed with an assault rifle and a handgun. They began aiming their guns at bystanders and the building itself and pretended to open fire, but reportedly fled the scene when they saw armed French police officers guarding the synagogue and escaped on a scooter.
No shots were fired, and the incident took place at a time when few worshippers were in the building. It comes in the wake of the Brussels Jewish Museum killings and the 2012 attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, in southern France.
Terrorism experts have warned there could be more terrorists who were born and raised in western European countries make their way back from Syria. Estimates from security agencies suggest there could be between 700 and 1,500 such jihadists in Syria.
