The police carried out several arrests the day after a threat of attack on a synagogue in Hagen (Germany), in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, AFP learned Thursday (September 16) from a source familiar with the matter.
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These arrests, the number of which has not yet been specified, came after the Hagen synagogue (west) was the subject of very tight surveillance by the police on Wednesday evening due to a threat of attack. The celebration of the main Jewish religious holiday had to be canceled because of this "
threat
", the content of which has not been detailed at this stage by investigators.