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Monday 21 July 2014

Windows smashed at Belfast synagogue on Somerton Road

Belfast synagogue
The synagogue was attacked twice over the weekend

Windows have been smashed on a synagogue in north Belfast.

Police said a window was smashed some time on Friday night or Saturday morning.

A replacement window was then smashed on Saturday afternoon or evening. Police are treating it as a religious hate crime.

David Singer
Rabbi David Singer said it was 'very disturbing' that the synagogue had been targeted

They have appealed for anyone who witnessed the attacks or has any information about them to contact them on the non-emergency 101 number.

'Totally unacceptable'

Rabbi David Singer said the Jewish community had been left shocked by the attack.

He said: "I think across the community, first of all, it's very sad that it happened. I would imagine that there's a certain amount of anger that it could happen, but angry in the sense of frustration, not angry in the sense that they'd want to do anything about it.

"Certainly, it's very sad and very disturbing that Belfast would show its face like this."

The Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said it was "totally unacceptable" for places of worship to be targeted.

"The Jewish community have been valuable members of our society for many years," he said.

"We offered refuge during the Second World War to many fleeing the Holocaust and it is abhorrent that the synagogue has been the target of this hate crime."

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