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Two men to stand trial in France for killing of Jewish woman, 85

Stabbing of Mireille Knoll in 2018 prompted national outcry over antisemitism.

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French judges have ordered two men to stand trial for the brutal 2018 killing of an elderly Jewish woman that prompted an outcry over a rise in antisemitic acts, reports The Guardian.

Mireille Knoll, 85 and suffering from Parkinson’s disease, was stabbed in her Paris apartment by attackers who later set her body on fire, apparently to hide evidence of their crime.

She had escaped the mass deportation of Jews from France during the second world war by fleeing abroad.

A longtime neighbour, Yacine Mihoub, and associate Alexandre Carrimbacus were arrested on charges of murder and aggravated robbery, though prosecutors did not initially characterise the killing as antisemitic.

Read more of this report from The Guardian.