Jewish Telegraphic Agency - 08.25.2006

Russian synagogue vandal set free

(JTA) — A man who threatened worshipers inside a Russian synagogue was set free because of his poor mental condition. 

A regional court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don made the ruling regarding Vadim Domnitsky this week. 

Domnitsky, who shouted anti-Semitic epithets and threatened Jews with a broken bottle in late January, initially was charged with hooliganism. He was believed to have been inspired by a stabbing rampage in a Moscow shul earlier in January. 

The court ruled that Domnitsky must undergo medical treatment for his condition and that he is not fit to stand trial.