Lower Saxony
State security investigates after arson attack on synagogue
State security is investigating after an incendiary device was thrown at a synagogue in Oldenburg. photo
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The Jewish community in Oldenburg has fallen victim to an attack. A caretaker team was able to prevent anything worse from happening.
Unknown people set an incendiary device on a door in Oldenburg thrown out of the synagogue. A police spokesman said no one was injured in the midday attack. A caretaker team from a neighboring cultural center immediately discovered the fire and extinguished the flames. A door was damaged. The police are searching for the perpetrators with a large contingent, and state security is also investigating.
“I condemn this attack on a Jewish place of worship in Oldenburg in the strongest possible terms,” said the President of the Oldenburg Police Department, Andreas Sagehorn. “We will use this attack as an opportunity to immediately increase security measures at the Oldenburg synagogue until the further circumstances of the crime are clarified.” The investigators initially did not provide any further information – such as the background to the crime and the security concept.
Oldenburg’s mayor Jürgen Krogmann emphasized his solidarity with the Jewish community. “Attacks on synagogues are attacks on all of us,” the SPD politician made clear. “We will not accept that a Jewish institution in our city has become the target of an attempted attack.”