Police investigate attacks on several synagogues in western Germany

Police are investigating attacks on several synagogues in western Germany that occurred last night that could be related to the ongoing crisis in Israel. According to the police, an investigation has been opened against 13 people who are suspected of having participated in the burning of an Israeli flag in front of a synagogue in Münster.. The president of the Jewish community of that city, Sharon Fehr, thanked the police for coming quickly when the neighbors warned of what was happening in front of the synagogue.

“Probably the rapid intervention of the police prevented something worse,” Fehr told the Jüdische Allgemeine newspaper. “We must also thank the neighbors who notified the police to try to prevent the burning of the Israeli flag,” he added.

In Bonn a stone attack caused damage to the entrance of a synagogue. three people were arrested. In addition, an Israeli flag was also burned. Already on Monday the Düsseldorf police opened investigations for an arson attack on a monument that is located in the place where a synagogue was destroyed in the times of Nazism. The people investigated are of Arab origin and pamphlets written in Arabic were found in the synagogue in Bonn