A Jewish school in the Flores quarter and a synagogue on Olleros St. were extensively damaged by powerful bombs that exploded at dawn last Friday. There were no casualties. The latest bombing incidents against Jewish institutions were reported by the DAIA which appealed to the government and public opinion to condemn the attacks and make every effort to apprehend and punish the perpetrators.
The DAIA, the central representative body of Argentine Jewry, described the bombings as part of a systematic criminal campaign being waged against Jews which threatens the entire country. It called on public opinion here to express its unqualified revulsion against vandals and anonymous assassins plaguing Argentina. The attacks on the Jewish community are characteristic of totalitarianism and should serve as a warning to the government that anti-Semitic agitation and its accompanying violence could exacerbate acute problems facing the country and harm Argentina’s image abroad, the DAIA said.
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