A shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh left at least six people dead Saturday and multiple others wounded. The shooting is the most recent attack on a synagogue; however, several others have occurred in recent years, including these:
September 2018
No one was injured when a rock was thrown through a synagogue’s window in Gdansk, Poland, during Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days of Judaism. A 27-year-old man later was arrested after police reviewed surveillance video from the synagogue. The rock shattered glass and landed in an atrium where women and children were standing in prayer.
December 2017
Masked culprits hurled Molotov cocktails at a synagogue in Gothenburg, Sweeden. Fire spread through the yard but did not reach the building, where an event was being hosted on a Saturday night. People were evacuated from the building and no one was injured.
Swedish police quickly arrested three men between 19 and 24 years old and charged them with a hate crime. Two were sentenced to two years in prison and the youngest received 15 months.
November 2015
Two worshippers were killed in a knife attack at a Tel Aviv synagogue during prayer time. Israeli police arrested Raid Halil bin Mahmoud, an Arab born in the West Bank, who had recently received a permit to work in a Tel Aviv restaurant.
February 2015
A man providing security for a bar mitzvah celebration in Copenhagen, Denmark, was killed and two police officers were wounded in a shooting outside a synagogue. A day earlier, the same gunman killed a man and wounded three officers at an event featuring a Swedish artist known for controversial drawings of the prophet Muhammad.
Danish-born Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, who was later killed by police, was identified as the shooter in both attacks.
November 2014
Four rabbis were killed when two Palestinians entered a West Jerusalem synagogue and attached people with axes, knives, and a gun. Three of the four had dual American and Israeli citizenship. An Israeli police officer who was wounded later died, as did one of seven worshippers who was injured. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine had claimed responsibility for the attack.
October 2002
Temple Beth Israel in Eugene, Ore., was targetted in two attacks, most recently on Oct. 25, 2002, when rocks etched with swastikas were thrown through the windows while 80 people were attending a service. Jacob Laskey, said to be the leader of a group of four area men who went to the synagogue to intimidate congregants, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. The others were given lesser sentences.
In 1994, neo-Nazi Chris Lord fired a assault rifle into the temple, though no one was injured. He and an accomplice were convicted and Lord served more than four years in prison.
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