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Polish officials condemn arson attack on Warsaw synagogue

(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, 01 MAG - Polish authorities on Wednesday condemned an arson attack against a Warsaw synagogue. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, quoting the country's chief rabbi, said "someone tried to set fire to the Nozyk synagogue with a molotov cocktail". "Thank God no-one was hurt," the minister added in a post on X, formerly Twitter. An AFP journalist at the scene saw a black stain across a window that appeared to have been caused by flames, but there was no major damage to the synagogue. "I condemn this shameful attack on the Nozyk synagogue in Warsaw," Polish President Andrzej Duda wrote on X. "Anti-Semitism has no place in Poland. There is no place for hate in Poland." (ANSA-AFP).