An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue, forcing the congregation to flee. Seven months earlier, criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same city.

A man doused the front doors of a downtown Melbourne synagogue and set them alight Friday night, Australian police said Saturday.

A man set the door of a synagogue alight and a group of protesters stormed an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne on Friday night, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in Australian cities.