Two Jewish brothers wearing kippas were reportedly assaulted in Bondy, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department to the north of Paris (pictured below).
The men, aged 29 and 17, said that they were in their car when the alleged aggressors, who were in another car, started to give them “insistent stares”.
At a red light, things came to a head when according to the French press the four became involved in an argument.
According to the victims the suspected attackers approached the brothers' car.
One of the attackers reportedly said: “I'm going to kill you, you dirty Jew”.
The aggressors then used a metal hacksaw to attack the hand of one of the brothers, according to reports in the French media on Friday.