An armed man seriously wounded a security guard while attempting to break into a synagogue in Moscow on Saturday night.According to local media reports, a man entered the synagogue in the Russian capital with a handgun and gas canister. The motives behind the incident were not initially known.The man threatened to set the synagogue on fire. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the synagogue Rabbi wrote in a post on Facebook, "A Russian citizen tried to attack the Moscow Choral Synagogue Saturday evening during the service while over 150 people were in the building and I were in the Synagogue.""According to police sources he had a gas canister and a pistol and during a struggle with the synagogue guard the guard was injured slightly."He added, "security will be increased during the upcoming holidays."A security guard was wounded after trying to stop the gunman. if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}Russian security forces have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the event.
The attack came the night before Rosh Hashana began. A poll released on in September claiming that 70% of European Jews won’t go to synagogue on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur due to security concerns, has been met with skepticism by prominent Jewish leaders.The poll also found that 80% of respondents are concerned about a rise in antisemitism in their countries.Meanwhile 75% of the communities reported increased security measures taken by their respective governments.Tamara Zieve contributed to this report.Наш корреспондент сейчас у здании синагоги в Спасоглинищевском, которую атаковал неизвестный с пистолетом https://t.co/4bBXsGtepT pic.twitter.com/KZT4QZyXUv— Медиазона (@mediazzzona) October 1, 2016
