JANUARY
Vandals Hit
Latvian Synagogue
Moscow (JTA) — Vandals have paint-
ed a swastika and anti-Semitic slogans
on a synagogue in the Latvian capital
of Riga.
\_, The desecration came after a neo-
nazi group known as Lightning and
Cross distributed !eaflets in Riga call-
ing Jews and Russians enemies of the
Latvian people.
The slogans in the leaflets were the
same as those painted at the syna-
gogue entrance, according to a Latvian
Jewish official.
A Latvian prosecutor said the neo-
Nazi group is illegal, adding that it
incites racial hatred and calls for the
overthrow of the Latvian government.
The group's leaflets called on
Latvians to defend themselves by
fighting Jews and the Latvian authori-
ties.
Four members of the neo-Nazi
group have been arrested for alleged
participation in several bombings in
Riga, including one last summer that
–seriously damaged a monument com-
memorating Latvia's liberation from
the Nazi occupation.
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