Polish police have arrested a 16-year-old man on suspicion of attacking a synagogue with a petrol bomb, and said they will ask prosecutors to open an investigation on Thursday.
The Nozik Synagogue was attacked around 1 a.m. Wednesday, with some damage to its facade. No one was in the chapel at the time, and no one was injured.
Police, in cooperation with the Internal Security Service, arrested a 16-year-old Polish man in Warsaw on Wednesday night.
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“He was completely surprised and did not want to talk or give a motive,” police spokesman Robert Zmiata said, according to the PAP news agency.
Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yakov Livne (left) and U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski speak to reporters during a press conference in front of the Nozyk Synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. . The synagogue was damaged in a petrol bomb attack overnight. (AP Photo/Charek Sokolowski)
Zumiata said police will send a request to the prosecutor’s office to open an investigation on Thursday. The teenager has no previous law enforcement background and could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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He will be investigated under a provision of the penal code that states, “A person who causes an event in the form of a fire that threatens the lives and health of many people or large-scale property is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.” It turns out. In prison. ”
According to PAP, a police spokesperson said the court would have to decide whether the 16-year-old was responsible for his actions as an adult.
Until the Holocaust, Poland was home to Europe’s largest Jewish community, numbering around 3.3 million people, but today Jews number in the thousands.
