A man has been arrested and charged with allegedly trying to burn down an inner Sydney synagogue after counterterrorism police were called in to investigate the suspected antisemitic attack.
Two masked and hooded men were captured on CCTV spraying swastika symbols on the Newtown Synagogue before pouring clear accelerant on the building and lighting it on the evening of January 11.
The fire burnt itself out, but it was the second attack on a Sydney synagogue in two days, after another was targeted with graffiti referencing Adolf Hitler and swastikas in the southern suburb of Allawah.
Police from Strike Force Pearl, which includes counter-terror investigators, executed two search warrants on Tuesday evening at two homes on Pyrmont Bridge Road in Camperdown.
A 33-year-old man, picked up in the raids, was arrested and taken to St Vincent’s Hospital under police guard.
Police named the man as Adam Edward Moule.
A man has been charged over an alleged attempt to burn a Sydney synagogue earlier in January.Credit: NSW Police
Moule was taken to Surry Hills station and charged with destroying property in company by fire, property damage in company, stolen goods and cultivating a prohibited plant.
He will appear in Downing Centre Local Court later on Wednesday.
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