MONTREAL—A synagogue in Montreal was targeted by arson shortly after midnight on June 5 and police have a suspect in custody.
The attack against the Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in the affluent City of Westmount near downtown is the latest in a string of similar incidents in Montreal and elsewhere in Canada.
Windows at the back of the building, which is accessible through an alley, have traces of fire and one window was broken.
Chad Lubelsky, executive director of the temple, said rocks were thrown at one of the windows near the rabbi’s office followed by two Molotov cocktails. The synagogue had two employees on site but no one was injured….