ECAJ statement following police releasing footage of the terror attack on Adass synagogue in Melbourne.

The police have made it crystal clear that the dastardly fire­bomb­ing of the Adass synagogue was an act of terrorism motivated by antisemitism.

After more than five months, it is urgent that those accused of this crime be taken off our streets and put before a court.

The newly released CCTV video is a shocking reminder of the danger they pose to the whole community.

We urge anyone with inform­a­tion that might be relevant to come forward and assist the police, whose efforts we greatly appre­ci­ate.

The spate of antisemitic incidents that occurred last summer, and the pro­lif­er­a­tion of antisemitic rhetoric which preceded those events, took an enormous emotional toll on our community.

We can all have a role to play in pre­vent­ing this from becoming a new normal.