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The Jewish community of Chernivtsi, Ukraine, was shaken on Thursday evening after a man set fire to the famed Sadigura synagogue known as the "Kloiz Kadisha," causing significant damage to one of the most important buildings in the world of Hasidism.

According to local community reports, the suspect, described by community representatives as a mentally unstable man, entered the synagogue in the Sadigura (Sadhora) neighbourhood when the guard briefly stepped away from the gate. He is alleged to have started a fire inside the building before police, who were called to the scene, arrived and arrested him.