STOCKHOLM—A Swedish court has sentenced three men who had sought asylum in Sweden to prison for an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in the city of Gothenburg in December 2017.
The men, two Palestinians and one Syrian, threw burning torches at the synagogue and two cars parked on the property, resulting in minor damage.
The attack took place just days after the United States recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Two of the men were sentenced to two years in jail and the third was sentenced to 15 months.
One of the Palestinians, from Gaza, will deported after serving his sentence, but the other two men have Swedish residency permits
Gothenburg is Sweden’s second-largest city.