The French magazine Le Point reported that in 2011, a
terrorist told French security services that "we (the Army of Islam
terrorist group) had planned an attack against the Bataclan because its
owners are Jews."
(Paris, France)—[JNS]
The Bataclan concert hall—site of the deadliest of Friday's six
coordinated Islamist terror attacks in Paris, with 89 people killed—was
under Jewish ownership for four decades and had received frequent
threats in the past for that reason. (Photo via JNS.org)
Sold only two months ago by co-owners Pascal Laloux and Joel Tuitto, the venue is still under their responsibility.
"One of the managers called me and began to
tell me about the disaster that was taking place," Tuitto, who recently
moved to Israel, told Israel's Channel 2. "I could hear the gunshots
and the voices in the background… The terrorists were inside the
theater, and I heard the gunshots, but I couldn't do anything."
Tuitto said he had co-owned the Bataclan
since the 1970s, and that according to the terms of the sale, he remains
responsible for it until September 2018.
The French magazine Le Point reported that
in 2011, a terrorist told French security services that "we (the Army of
Islam terrorist group) had planned an attack against the Bataclan
because its owners are Jews."
The Bataclan, which regularly hosted Jewish
and Israeli events, also received serious threats in 2007 and 2008.
Tuitto said a group of masked Palestinians had even come to the venue
two years ago demanding its closure due to its "fundraising for Israel
and the IDF," and warning of an attack if their demand was not met, but
nothing came of the threat.
The band playing at the Bataclan the night
of the brutal attack, Eagles of Death Metal, played a concert in Tel
Aviv this past summer.
Reprinted with permission via JNS.org.
Source: www.breakingchristiannews.com/