Arsonists attempted to set fire to a synagogue in Tiraspol, capital of an unrecognized republic that split off from Moldova. According to local community leaders in the Transdniestrian Republic, vandals on May 5 threw Molotov cocktails at the shul and spilled flammable liquid near its front door.
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