French authorities have opened a terrorism investigation after an arson attack on a synagogue in a southwestern Mediterranean town injured a police officer and security forces searched for a suspect. Prosecutors say two cars parked at the Beth Yaacov synagogue complex in the seaside resort town of La Grande Motte near Montpellier were set ablaze just after 8 a.m. Saturday. Firefighters discovered additional fires at two entrances to the synagogue. A police officer who walked up to the site was injured after a propane gas tank in one the vehicles detonated. Five people, including the rabi, who were present in the synagogue complex at the time of the attack were unharmed.
