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Polish constabulary person arrested a 16-year-old antheral connected suspicion of attacking a synagogue pinch Molotov cocktails and said they scheme to inquire prosecutors connected Thursday to unfastened an investigation.
The Nożyk Synagogue was attacked astir 1 a.m. connected Wednesday, sustaining immoderate harm to its facade. Nobody was successful nan dream hallway astatine that clip and location were nary injuries.
Police successful practice pinch nan Internal Security Agency arrested nan 16-year-old Polish antheral successful Warsaw connected Wednesday evening.
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"He was wholly surprised, he didn’t want to talk, he didn’t uncover his motives," constabulary spokesperson Robert Szumiata was quoted arsenic saying by nan news agency PAP.
Israel's Ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, speak to reporters astatine a news convention successful beforehand of nan Nożyk Synagogue connected Wednesday, May 1, 2024, successful Warsaw, Poland. The synagogue was damaged successful an onslaught pinch Molotov cocktails overnight. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Szumiata said constabulary will nonstop a petition to nan prosecutor’s agency connected Thursday to initiate an investigation. The teenager, who has nary erstwhile constabulary record, could look up to 10 years successful situation if convicted.
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He is to beryllium investigated nether a conception of nan penal codification that states that "whoever causes an arena that threatens nan life aliases wellness of galore group aliases large-scale property, successful nan shape of a fire, shall beryllium punished by up to 10 years successful prison."
The tribunal will request to determine whether nan 16-year-old will beryllium held responsible for nan enactment arsenic an adult, nan constabulary spokesperson said, according to PAP.
Poland, which until nan Holocaust was nan location of Europe’s largest Jewish community, numbering immoderate 3.3 million, now counts a fewer 1000 Jewish inhabitants successful its population.
