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Kaitlyn Offer, Holly Hales and Melissa Meehan

'Evil' synagogue fire declared likely terrorism

The internal damage caused by a firebombing by persons unknown at a synagogue was extensive. (Yumi Rosenbaum/AAP PHOTOS)

An arson on a prominent synagogue is likely a terror attack, police have declared, as governments look to increase protections for worshippers.

Victoria and Australian Federal police on Monday made the classification after the Adass Israel Synagogue attack at Ripponlea in Melbourne's southeast on Friday, a few weeks before the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

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