January 17, 2006
A young man has tried to attack worshippers at a synagogue in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. The 19-year-old medical student burst into the temple on Friday evening and demanded a meeting with the rabbi. The man appeared to be drunk and wielded a broken bottle. When synagogue security tried to stop him, he escaped and attempted to strike people inside the synagogue with his weapon. The attacker was wrestled down and handed over to police. No injuries were reported in the incident. According to local police, the student said he had been inspired to act following the stabbing incident at a Moscow synagogue last week in which eight people were injured.
