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| Nine stabbed in Moscow synagogue |
| 2006-01-11 |
| A man wielding a knife has stabbed nine people at a Moscow synagogue. The man, described as a skinhead, burst into the synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya street during evening prayers. He struck out at random before being wrestled to the ground by the rabbi and his son, Itar-Tass news agency said. The man is now in police custody. Four of those injured are in a serious condition, reports say. Rabbi Yitzhak Kogan, quoted by Itar-Tass, said the attacker had shouted "I will kill you" before lashing out indiscriminately with his knife. He was identified as a 20-year-old Muscovite. Several ambulances were called to the scene in central Moscow to deal with the casualties. Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar announced he was cutting short a visit to Israel and returning to Moscow. He called on the Russian authorities to fight the "brown plague" of fascism. In recent years, there have been a number of attacks on synagogues and Jewish centres across Russia. |
| Posted by:Creck Ulagum6581 |
| #1 Recent years? Like the past 1,000? |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-01-11 19:26 |