Three asylum seekers are jailed in Sweden for synagogue arson attack days after US recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Three men sentenced for arson attack on synagogue in Gothenburg, Sweden

Took place days after U.S. recognised Jerusalem as Israeli capital in December

CCTV footage shows more than a dozen men throwing Molotov cocktails

Attack happened while 30 youths were celebrating Hanukkah in synagogue

The three, aged 19, 22 and 24, from Syria and Palestine, sentenced to jail

By SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE and AFP

PUBLISHED: 13:55 BST, 25 June 2018 | UPDATED: 19:10 BST, 25 June 2018

Three asylum seekers from Syria and Palestine have been sentenced to jail for an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in Gothenburg, southern Sweden, in December last year.

CCTV footage from the attack, which took place while some 30 youths were attending a Hanukkah party in the synagogue, shows more than a dozen masked men throwing Molotov cocktails at the building and nearby cars.

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