Overview
- The Kloiz Kadisha of the Sadigura community in Chernivtsi was set on fire Thursday evening.
- Police quickly apprehended a suspect, whom reports described as mentally unstable, and the investigation is ongoing.
- Community officials said the intruder entered during a brief moment when the security guard was away.
- Preliminary findings indicate the same person attempted to torch a local church about a month earlier.
- The interior sustained heavy damage, with burned shelves, scorched religious books and structural harm, as local leaders mourned the loss and stressed that antisemitism is not prevalent in the city.