Synagogue Bomb to Be Probed as Terror

An attempt to bomb a Moscow synagogue over the weekend has been officially classified as terrorism and will be investigated by Russia’s main security agency, a news report said. A rabbi’s child found a bomb in a Lubavitch synagogue near Moscow’s central Pushkin Square, Russian news agencies reported. The bomb was brought outside and detonated by a robot. No one was injured, but several windows in a neighboring building were shattered, the Interfax news agency said. The bomb was discovered shortly before the celebration of the first haircut of a congregant’s son, Interfax said. About 200 people had been invited to the celebration.