Melbourne synagogue fire: Australian PM condemns arson attack
Arsonists caused extensive damage to a synagogue in the city of Melbourne on Friday in what Australia’s Prime Minister Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned as an antisemitic attack.
Arsonists caused extensive damage to a synagogue in the city of Melbourne on Friday in what Australia’s Prime Minister Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned as an antisemitic attack.
“There is no place in Australia for an outrage such as this,” Albanese told reporters in the city of Perth after the Adass Israel Synagogue was engulfed in flames. “To attack a synagogue is an act of antisemitism, is attacking the right that all Australians should have to practice their faith in peace and security.”
A witness who came to the synagogue for early morning prayers saying they saw “two individuals wearing masks” spreading a liquid accelerant with brooms inside the building, Detective Inspector Chris Murray of Victoria Police told reporters at the scene.
He added that quickly fled the scene after starting the blaze, but did not comment when asked about a motive for the attack.
About 60 firefighters with 17 fire trucks responded to the fire.
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