2024 Melbourne synagogue attack
December 2024 firebombing of Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne
On 6 December 2024, at approximately 4:10 am local time, an arson attack took place at the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne in Ripponlea, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The resulting fire injured one member of the synagogue and caused significant damage to the building. On 9 December 2024, Victoria Police stated the incident was being treated as a terrorist attack. The investigation of the attack was assigned to the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team consisting of the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. The perpetrators of the attack reportedly used an accelerant and followed by spreading that throughout the interior of the building with a broom before lighting the accelerant fluid.
On 26 August 2025, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that ASIO have determined Iran was allegedly involved in planning the attack. The attack was one of multiple 2024 Iranian operations inside Australia.
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Adass Israel Synagogue
The targeted synagogue in the December 2024 attack was the Orthodox Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne, located in Ripponlea, Victoria. It was built in 1965, designed by Ernest Fooks, and opened on 19 September 1965. It is part of the Adass Israel Congregation, a Jewish group in Melbourne that traces its origins to a split in the Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation in 1939/1940.
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