On the night of September 21, 2006 in Astrakhan unidentified persons threw stones at the facade of the local synagogue. Two windows were broken, no one was hurt. The guard called the police, but the hooligans could not be detained.

The community leadership filed a complaint with the police.

According to information updated on September 22, not stones were thrown into the cult building, but a Molotov cocktail. According to a representative of the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Astrakhan region, "the day before, at about 21:00 Moscow time, an unidentified person deliberately damaged the front door of the synagogue on Babushkina Street in the Kirovsky district of Astrakhan by arson. The guard on duty extinguished the door and called the police. "

The Kirovsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Astrakhan, with the consent of the district prosecutor, opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (deliberate destruction or damage to property) on the fact of an attempt to set fire to a synagogue.

Sources

Anti-Semitic acts in Astrakhan and Odessa // Seventh channel. 2006. September 21.
Astrakhan prosecutor's office opened a criminal case on the fact of the attack on the synagogue // IA REGNUM. 2006. September 22.
In Astrakhan, a criminal case was opened on the fact of attempted arson of a synagogue // Utro.ru. 2006. September 22.

A synagogue was attacked in Astrakhan