A Jewish woman in her thirties was attacked in her own home in the Montluc district of Lyon’s 3rd arrondissement on Saturday, raising immediate concerns about an antisemitic motive behind the violence.

The woman, who suffered two stab wounds to the abdomen, was discovered with a swastika painted on her door. According to a number of media reports in France, while her injuries were considered serious, they were not life-threatening, and she was receiving medical care in the hospital.

Le Figaro, confirming earlier reports from Le Progrès, detailed that the attack occurred around 1 p.m. when an individual dressed in dark clothing and with a concealed face knocked on the victim’s door. Upon answering, she was assaulted and subsequently rushed to the emergency room.

The presence of a mezuzah at her doorway, a traditional Jewish symbol, alongside the swastika points to a hate crime, prompting the Lyon public prosecutor’s office to suggest an “antisemitic motive” in their preliminary assessment, though not all authorities in France have yet to determine if it is considered an antisemitic attack.

[We keep being told how oppressed and in danger Muslims are in the Western World, yet it’s everyone else winds up dead or in the hospital around them. So weird. ~ Beege]