An arsonist has set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fueled blaze that left a worshipper injured.
Police say a man doused the double front doors of the downtown East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation and set it alight on Friday night.
Around 20 worshippers evacuated through a rear door and no one was injured.
Fire fighters extinguished the blaze which was contained to the front entrance.
A wave of antisemitic attacks has hit Australia since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel triggered the war in Gaza.
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