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Rabbi Adam Scheier says a security guard at the synagogue on Côte-Saint-Antoine Road stopped the suspect and called for help. Police arrived shortly after and arrested the suspect.
A major Montreal synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti Wednesday afternoon, an act quickly condemned by Jewish groups and the Prime Minister of Canada. Rabbi Adam Scheier of Shaar Hashomayim, one of the largest synagogues in Montreal, said in a letter to members of the congregation that a man had spray-painted swastikas on the doors of the temple around 2 p.m. Scheier said the man was quickly detained by a security guard, and.
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount was vandalized Wednesday with Nazi swastikas.
A 28-year-old man, who had a gas canister with him, was seen and apprehended by synagogue security guards and arrested by police. Adam Riga, reported as being a St. Laurent resident, appeared in court Thursday and was charged with possessing explosive material to commit a criminal act.
Ville-MarieâLe Sud-OuestâÃle-des-Soeurs MP Marc Miller condemned the attack. âThe desecration of Montrealâs Shaar Hashomayim with the most vile and abhorrent symbol of evil and hate is an utter disgrace,â he wrote on Twitter. âI ask all Canadians to stand with Shaar Hashomayin and members of the Jewish faith as we condemn this act that has no place in this country!â