Mask-wearing arsonists set a synagogue ablaze in a pre-dawn attack Friday in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said.
This photo shows a general view of the fire damage at the cordoned off Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 6, 2024. Mask-wearing arsonists set a synagogue ablaze in a pre-dawn attack on December 6 in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said, sparking widespread condemnation. - Tania LEE / AFP: Mask-wearing arsonists set a synagogue ablaze in a pre-dawn attack Friday in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said, sparking widespread condemnation.
A board member of the synagogue, Benjamin Klein, said a few congregants were sitting and praying inside when the fire started.Liquid was poured inside the synagogue and set alight, he said.The congregants “ran out the back of the synagogue. One man who ran out -- his hand got burnt,“ he said.Holy books and furniture had been destroyed, he said, vowing however that the community would “rebuild”.
Klein said the synagogue had increased security over the past 12 months amid safety concerns, without giving further details.Klein, who was a child at the time, said he remembered standing inside the damaged synagogue with his grandfather, who he said was a Holocaust survivor. “This violence and intimidation and destruction at a place of worship is an outrage,“ Albanese said in a statement.The prime minister said he had “zero tolerance” for anti-Semitism.The war in Gaza has sparked protests from supporters of Israel and Palestinians in cities around Australia, as in much of the world.
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