A Palestinian man was arrested in Paris on Friday on suspicion of committing an antisemitic assault against a rabbi. It was the second assault against Rabbi Elie Lemmel within the space of eight days.

Passersby detained the 28-year-old suspect, a Palestinian who was staying in France illegally, close to where the assault occurred in Neuilly-sur-Seine, an affluent suburb west of Paris, Le Figaro reported. Police then apprehended him.

Authorities are treating the case as a possible antisemitic attack. The rabbi had been targeted eight days before the incident in a separate attack in the placid coastal town of Deauville. Both towns have sizable Jewish populations.