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Arson Attack on Synagogue in Wuppertal – Suspect Arrested

Summary by merkur.de
On Thursday afternoon, a man threw several bags of combustible liquid onto the synagogue of the Jewish community in Wuppertal. Then he set them on fire.

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In Wuppertal, the synagogue was set on fire, the suspect was detained by the police, and in Brandenburg, another detention: according to the Public Prosecutor ' s Office, a 24-year-old Iraqi was planning an attack on a church in Bremen.

·Bonn, Germany
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In the German city of Wuppertal, a man attempted to set fire to a synagogue. He reportedly poured a flammable liquid near a side entrance early in the afternoon and then set it on fire. Synagogue staff managed to extinguish the fire quickly, police report. As a result, the damage remained limited. The incident occurs a few days before the important Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Tagesschau reports that the Jewish house of worship is guarded by po…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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"This is the direct result of media coverage against Israel and incitement to hatred against Jews," the Israeli Embassy in Germany responded.

·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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In western Germany, an unknown man tried to burn down a Jewish community building by throwing packages of flammable liquid into the emergency entrance, Judische Allgemeine writes. Law enforcement agencies have arrested a suspect in the attack on a religious building in Wuppertal, TASS reported referring to Judische Allgemeine. The attacker threw several Molotov cocktails towards the door, and then tried to escape from the scene of the crime. The…

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According to information, the man allegedly threw containers of flammable liquid at a side entrance of the synagogue building, which he set off and then fled, only to be arrested a short time later.

·Marousi, Greece
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In Wuppertal a man sets fire at an entrance to a synagogue. The members of the church can quickly extinguish it, no one is injured. The police arrest the alleged perpetrator. Josef Schuster sees a "progressive normalization of the hatred of the Jews".

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FOCUS online broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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