Tree planted in memory of Jewish hate crime victim Ilan Halimi Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and representatives of the Jewish community plant a tree in Paris in memory of Ilan Halimi, a young Jewish man who was tortured to death by the "barbarian gang" twelve years ago. There has been a spate of anti-Semitic violence in the French capital in recent weeks, and the number of anti-Jewish offences reported to the police was up 74 percent last year. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES