Police in Sweden on Sunday arrest three people over a failed arson attempt at a synagogue in the country’s second largest city, Gothenburg.
The three were detained on suspicion of attempted arson, police say in a statement, after a burning object was thrown at the building but did not catch fire late on Saturday night.
Jewish community members tells local media the synagogue was attacked by a group of masked men who threw multiple burning objects.
Some 20 youngsters briefly took shelter in a cellar during the attack, they added, but no one was injured.
“Events over the last few days between Trump and Israel and the unrest between Israel and Palestine, those things always lead to heightened threats,” Jewish community leader Allan Stutzinsky tells the daily GT newspaper.
— AFP
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