Melbourne synagogue fire condemned as ‘act of antisemitism’ as police search for culprits

Two masked people were seen spreading accelerant inside Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea on Friday, police say

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Counter-terrorism police and the arson squad are investigating the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue that both the prime minister and the Victorian premier have condemned as an act of antisemitism.

A large blaze engulfed the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea in Melbourne's south-east on Friday morning and police are treating the fire as deliberately lit.

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