French police have killed an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Friday, May 17. "National police in Rouen neutralized early this morning an armed individual who clearly wanted to set fire to the city's synagogue," Darmanin wrote on X.

A source close to the case told Agence France-Presse the man "was armed with a knife and an iron bar, he approached police, who fired. The individual died."

This is a developing story.