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Worshippers flee after synagogue set alight in arson attack

An arson attack at a synagogue has forced worshippers to flee, just as protesters descended on an Israeli restaurant nearby shouting “offensive chants”.

About 20 people at the synagogue fled after a man doused the front of the East Melbourne building in a flammable liquid and set it alight about 8pm on Friday, police said.

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