Manager of zipline facility detained for alleged religious discrimination after group of eight- to 18-year-olds turned away
The manager of a leisure park in southern France has been detained for alleged religious discrimination after a group of Israeli children were refused access.
The children, aged eight to 16, were on holiday in Spain and had made a reservation for Thursday to use the Tyrovol zipline adventure park in Porté-Puymorens, near the Spanish border in the Pyrenees mountains, the Perpignan prosecutor’s office said.
The French prosecutor’s office said the manager initially told some people he was refusing the group access on the grounds of “personal beliefs” before offering different explanations to others.
A message posted on Wednesday evening on the park’s social media said the site would be closed on Thursday owing to a storm, “in order to carry out a complete inspection of the facilities”.
