Armenia begins investigation into attack on synagogue

After Armenia’s only synagogue was vandalized in an arson attack, an investigation has been launched, the country’s authorities announced on Thursday.

Video clips on social media show a person pouring fuel on the door of the synagogue in the country’s capital, Yerevan, which has a small Jewish population.

According to Rima Varzhapetyan, a representative of the Jewish population of the country, the synagogue was not seriously damaged, and no one was in the building when the deed took place.

– We are horrified because Jews have never had any problems in Armenia, she says.

The number of anti-Semitic acts has increased in many parts of the world since October 7, when the terror-labeled Hamas carried out an attack on Israel, which led to the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel.