A fire burned outside the front doors of the Congregation Schara Tzedeck Synagogue on Thursday, May 30, 2024.
Leaders of Vancouver's Jewish community say they're outraged after a fire was set in the doorway of a synagogue in the city's West Side on Thursday night.Police are investigating arson and a possible hate crime after a fire was started at a synagogue in Vancouver's West Side.Leaders of Vancouver's Jewish community say they're outraged after a fire was set in the doorway of a synagogue in the city's West Side on Thursday night.
"There was no one in the building at that particular moment, but it was … I would say within a 10-minute window of people being in the building," Rosenblatt said in an interview with CBC News.Vancouver police and fire officials are investigating after a fire was set in the doorway of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue on Oak Street on the evening of May 30. Police say it was arson and are treating it as a possible hate crime.
VPD said Friday that its major crime section is leading its investigation, and officers from the force's community relations section are "conducting extensive community outreach."
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