Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar said the security of Jewish sites in Kyrgyzstan must be guaranteed.

“Berel Lazar has sent an urgent letter to the Kyrgyz government, requesting that Jewish centers be protected,” the rabbi’s spokesman Andrey Glotser told Interfax-Religion.

Lazar’s letter, which was in reaction to a synagogue explosion in Bishkek, says that attempts were made to attack Jewish establishments during the unrest in Kyrgyzstan. Police pledged then that the buildings, accommodating these establishments, be strongly protected.

A bomb, filled with shrapnel, was hurled on Thursday into the window of a synagogue in Bishkek. No one was harmed. The bomb exploded shortly before people started converging in the Shul for Davening on Rosh Hashanah. The synagogue was seriously damaged.

“The territory adjacent to the Bishkek synagogue is being guarded by security personnel. The local police started an investigation, while the Jewish community is following the investigation,” Glotser said.

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(Source: Interfax)