Rumanian Police Arrest Six Hungarians Who Attacked Synagogue in Transylvanian City
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Rumanian Police Arrest Six Hungarians Who Attacked Synagogue in Transylvanian City

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BUCHAREST (Jan. 1)

Rumanian police have arrested six persons who broke into a synagogue in Pancota, Transylvania, last week, and desecrated it. All six are Hungarians.

The Hungarian Popular Union, which is a left-wing political group of the Hungarian minority in Rumania, issued a statement strongly condemning the synagogue attack.

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