French politicians denounce death of Jewish man in possible antisemitic attack

Jeremy Cohen died after being hit by a tram in February as he ran from a group of men, video footage showed

The death of a young Jewish man in Bobigny, north of Paris, has shocked France and sparked outrage among French presidential candidates, who seized on it to denounce criminality and a possible antisemitic attack.

Jeremy Cohen, 31, was killed when he was hit by a tram in Bobigny in February, which was initially reported in local media as a traffic incident. But when his family leafleted the area to see if locals had more information on what had happened, a witness came forward with video footage, which circulated online this week.