A rock was hurled into a synagogue in the Polish city of Gdansk on Yom Kippur, shattering the glass of one window while worshipers -- including children -- were inside, the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (September 20, 2018).
No one was hurt in yesterday's incident at the New Synagogue during one of Judaism's holiest days.
The rock fell in the atrium where women waiting for neilah -- the final prayer for Yom Kippur -- according to the Jewish Religious Community in Gdansk.
The perpetrator has been identified on camera and the police are said to be dealing with the attack as a matter of the highest urgency, the World Jewish Congress wrote in a statement in which it condemned the attack.
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