A man burst into a synagogue in southern Ukraine, shouting anti-Semitic threats. The incident occurred on Feb. 22 in the Gesher Synagogue in the Crimean town of Kerch. The man, whom police later identified as Igor Nechiporenko, 30, threatened to kill Jews “to finish the Nazis’ work,” witnesses said.
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