French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin posted on the social media site X that the armed individual was “neutralized.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “In Rouen, national police officers neutralized early this morning an armed individual clearly wanting to set fire to the city’s synagogue.