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Belgian synagogue torched, leaving three people injured

Unidentified vandals start fire on synagogue's fourth floor early Tuesday, injuring caretaker's wife and children ? Fire comes two days after Jewish Museum in Brussels reopens its doors after terrorist attack in May

Three people were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire apparently caused by arson broke out in a synagogue in the Anderlecht district of Brussels on Tuesday.

 

According to the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, the wife of the synagogue's caretaker and their two children were injured by smoke inhalation. The caretaker was not at the scene at the time.

 

A spokesman for the Anderlecht firefighters said that unidentified vandals started a fire on the fourth floor of the synagogue early Tuesday. Fires were allegedly set in four different places in the building.

from read: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php'id=20163