French President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for the amending of a law that led to the dismissal of the case against Kobili Traoré, who allegedly killed French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi.
On Wednesday, the republic's highest court upheld a lower court's ruling from December 2019, clearing Traoré of murder charges. Traoré, who is believed to have acted out of antisemitic motives, beat Halimi, 65, and threw her out the window of her Paris apartment to cries of "Allahu akbar."
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"Going crazy after taking drugs should not exempt one from responsibility," Macron said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro.
The verdict, which came more than four years after the killing, caused outrage across Jewish communities in France and worldwide.
"I would like to express to the family, to the relatives of the victim, and to all our Jewish citizens who were waiting for a trial, my warm support and the republic's determination to protect them," Macron told Le Figaro.
The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) also expressed anger at the ruling, which, they said, puts Jews at risk.
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