Fire at Australia synagogue appears deliberate, police say
CNNCNN — Firefighters are putting out a blaze at a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia on Friday which authorities believe was deliberate. No one was injured in the fire that started at about 4am local and caused significant damage to the Adass Israel Synagogue, according to Victoria police, who are investigating the incident. “We don’t know the motive yet.” Police say a witness told them two masked men were spreading accelerant inside the building. In an interview with ABC Radio Melbourne, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that police are reviewing CCTV footage and there are two persons of interest. The violence and intimidation and destruction at a place of worship is something that we should never see in Australia.” An attack on a synagogue is an “act of antisemitism by definition,” Albanese added.
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