Three Arrested After Firebomb Attack on Swedish Synagogue

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Source: NY Times

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — The Swedish police arrested three people on Sunday after a masked gang hurled Molotov cocktails at a synagogue in the port city of Gothenburg as it hosted an event on Saturday night.

The attack set the yard ablaze, but the building did not catch fire and no one was injured. The authorities said the people gathered on the premises had fled to safety in the basement.

A police spokeswoman, Ulla Brehm, said: “It might become a hate crime. The crime is attempted arson. But that may change during the investigation.”

The Police Authority’s commissioner, Dan Eliasson, told the Aftonbladet newspaper that the threat level against Jewish interests in Sweden had increased since President Trump’s announcement that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/10/world/europe/sweden-synagogue-molotov-cocktail.html

[Behind the Aegis]

1. But...But...they were just "protesting" the evil announcement from the US.

And obvious

I am unsurprised this happened, even in Sweden, which has a recent history with some pretty rancid anti-Semitism. The kicker is the actual perps will likely get excuses made for them. Typical racism in action.

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2. But they are minorities and their religion is oppressed

How can they be perps?

[Rustyeye77]

3. Damn fundies.

Another attack.