[4] Additionally, Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin, declared that the "determination of public authorities to combat against all antisemitic acts will not be wavered".

[4] The Cardinal of Lyon, Philippe Barbarin, equally expressed his "total solidarity and [his] full support to the Jewish community affected by this ignoble antisemitic act".

[6] Located on Rue Abraham-Bloch in the Gerland neighborhood of the city, the cemetery covers an area of 7000 square meters and includes 4900 tombs which were inventoried in a study published in 2003.

[9] Each year shortly before Rosh Hashanah the cemetery holds a "ceremony of remembrance for martyrs and victims of Nazi barbarism".

[3] It notably bears the memory of former Chief Rabbi of Lyon Abraham Bloch (1859–1914), killed during the First World War while giving a crucifix to a dying Catholic soldier who mistook him for a priest.