Police kill armed man officials say set fire to synagogue in northern French city of Rouen

French police "neutralized" an armed man who set fire to a synagogue in the French city of Rouen on Friday, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said.

Police were called to the scene when smoke was spotted emerging from the building just before 7 a.m. local time, CBS News partner network BBC News reported. They shot a man emerging from the building after he threw an iron bar at them and threatened them with a knife, a city official told the Reuters news agency.

The synagogue reportedly was significantly damaged, but there were no other injuries.