Tensions 'trigger' synagogue attack (Sydney) [View All]

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Tensions 'trigger' synagogue attack


ANGER over the Middle East conflict and the spiralling civilian death toll in Lebanon might have triggered an attack on a Sydney synagogue, a rabbi said today.

Rabbi Wernick and his young family were inside a house attached to a synagogue in Mason Street at Parramatta when it was attacked about 9pm (AEST) last night.
Projectiles were hurled at the roof of the synagogue, and blocks of concrete were thrown at two cars, smashing windows.

Shortly after the incident witnesses told police they saw a group of about 10 Middle Eastern men laughing and running down a nearby street.

Rabbi Wernick said the attack on the synagogue, which was firebombed a few years ago, lasted about 30 seconds.