synagogue in Modena
Posted on 12/11/2003 10:05:40 AM PST by anotherview
Dec. 11, 2003
Car explodes outside an Italian synagogue, driver killed
Casale Monferrato
synagogue in Modena
A car exploding outside a synagogue in the north Italian city of Modena at 4 AM local time Thursday, killing the driver.
According to Italian news services, the driver, a Jordanian citizen, set himself on fire. Two policemen guarding the synagogue spotted the car in flames and attempted to put out the blaze, but moved away just before it blew up. The car was reportedly a liquid propane propelled Peugeot.
No other casualties were reported. Buildings in the immediate area were moderately damaged. Investigators were inclined to believe it was a suicide and not an attack on the synagogue.
Police are not treating the matter as a terror attack, since the odd time of the explosion indicates the driver had no intention of causing fatalities. Cinzia Ricciardi, a police official in Modena, said it appeared the man took his own life but that the investigation was still under way.
There have been several recent anti-Semitic incidents in Italy, which has a Jewish community of some 30,000 people.
Tell me, if he didn't want to cause casualties and wanted to kill himself, why outside a synagogue? My message to the Italian authorities: Get real! Deal with terrorism or the terrorists will deal with you.
Reality, from the article: There have been several recent anti-Semitic incidents in Italy, which has a Jewish community of some 30,000 people.
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