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Bomb Damages Synagogue in Moldova


(April 25, 2001)

JTA
April 24, 2001

A bomb damaged the outside of a synagogue in Kishinev, Moldova, during the week of Passover. No one was injured in the attack, and there were reportedly no anti-Semitic inscriptions scrawled on the building. Police are investigating the bombing.

UCSJ Note: According to a UCSJ source, the explosion actually occurred in Tiraspol and may have been targeted at a nearby restaurant.


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