Australian state police, Victoria, said in a press statement on its website that she had arrested her and accused the man after he claimed that he had set fire to the synagogue in the eastern city of Melbourne.
According to the report, which was published on Sunday, the accident occurred with a group of the building on Friday evening. He is supposed to be a thirty -year -old man, apparently, the synagogue, cleared the front door with a flammable liquid, and the deliberate burning fled. It should be noted that at the time of intentional burning in the building, there were 20 people who managed to get out without being harmful. Firefighters put a fire that did not spread outside the door.
“A thirty -year -old man was arrested … in the Central Commercial Zone in Melbourne on Saturday night. He was interrogated by investigators and directed him … caused damage to intentional burning and storage … -In a press release on the police site.
It was determined that the man will appear before the court on Sunday, while the police have not yet discovered the motive behind the suspect’s actions.
In recent months, the Australian authorities have recorded an increase in attacks on representatives of the Jewish community. One of the most prominent cases in a series of anti -Semitic attacks is the burning of the synagogue in the Israeli synagogue in southeast Melbourne on December 6, 2024. As a result, there are no victims, but there was significant damage to the building. A few days later, the police qualified intentional burning as a terrorist act.
