Antisemitic assaults in Germany and elsewhere have surged because the begin of the Israel Hamas conflict on 7 October.
An incendiary gadget was thrown at a door of a synagogue in northwestern Germany on Friday however prompted solely minor harm, police mentioned.
The incident within the metropolis of Oldenburg occurred early Friday afternoon. The fireplace brought on by the gadget was found rapidly and did not unfold, and the hearth service did not have to extinguish it.
No occasion was going down within the constructing on the time, and no-one was injured.
Police mentioned they had been trying to find the perpetrator, however had no data on a motive.
Andreas Sagehorn, President of the Oldenburg Police Directorate, condemned the assault “within the strongest potential phrases”.
“The police will do all the things of their energy to make clear the background to this cowardly act and to determine the perpetrators,” he mentioned in a press release. “We’ll take this assault as a chance to instantly enhance the safety measures on the Oldenburg synagogue till the circumstances of the offence have been clarified.”
Like many different international locations, Germany noticed a big enhance in anti-Jewish incidents following Hamas’ assault on Israel in October, and Israel’s subsequent assaults in Gaza.
Nevertheless, there have been quite a lot of antisemitic incidents and assaults launched by German far-right teams in recent times.
