World Australia synagogue fire condemned as clear act of antisemitism as police search for suspects
Source: CNN
Police are searching for two masked suspects after a synagogue was set on fire in southeastern Australia early Friday in an attack condemned by the prime minister as an act of antisemitism.
Worshippers fled from the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne when the blaze took hold around 4 a.m. Friday morning. The synagogue regularly holds overnight prayers.
“There was banging on the door, some liquid was thrown inside and was lit alight. The few people inside the synagogue ran outside the back door. One of them got burned,” said a board member from the synagogue Benjamin Klein, speaking to national broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
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