Two men were arrested this morning in Strasbourg and charged with ransacking two local synagogues last weekend. The two men were arrested by the police as they were leaving the court after being charged with ransacking local Catholic churches.
Police say the two men, whose names were not released, had specialized in robbing the alms boxes in local churches. They reportedly told investigators they ransacked the synagogues when they failed to find an alms box and started looking for it.
The police say the attacks were carried out for pure criminal purposes with no anti-Semitic or political motivations. The two assailants have long criminal records and police investigators believe they might have carried out similar attacks elsewhere in France.
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