Fire on the Mountain
Thursday, May 24, 2007
From the AP: Fire heavily damaged a synagogue Thursday, and police said they suspect arson.
The blaze struck on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates Moses' receiving of the Torah from God.
Police did not give a motive, but there have been incidents of anti-Semitism in Geneva recently, including graffiti scrawled on another Jewish house of worship.
The blaze broke out at 5 a.m. in the Hekhal Haness Synagogue in Geneva's Malagnou neighborhood. About 40 firefighters responded and had the fire under control an hour later, police spokesman Philippe Cosandey said. No one was hurt.
Cosandey said investigators suspect arson because there appeared to be several sources for the flames.
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