» Skinhead Attacks Synagogue Worshipers in Moscow

At 5 p.m. Moscow time a lone attacker stabbed at least nine people in the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue in Moscow. All are being treated at a local hospital — four are in critical condition. Among the victims was the son-in-law of the Synagogue’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Yitzhak Kogan as well as one American and one Israeli visitor. The attack occurred during evening prayer services in the Synagogue. During the attack, the assailant, who was described as being a skinhead, yelled, “I have come to kill you.” He is in police custody and according to reports, Russian prosecutors are treating this assault as a hate crime.