Essen (dpa / lnw) – After the shots were fired at an adjoining building of the old synagogue and older damage to the new synagogue in Essen, the police investigation is ongoing. Among other things, witnesses would continue to be collected, said a police spokesman on Monday morning.
On the night of Friday, shots were fired at the former rabbi’s house at the old synagogue in the city center of Essen. The Old Synagogue belongs to the city and is no longer used by the Jewish community for services. An unknown person had fired at least three shots at a door, as can be seen on video recordings. Nobody got hurt.
On Sunday evening, the police published photos of a possible male witness who is now being sought. Further video recordings around the old synagogue were secured and evaluated. The individual could potentially provide pertinent information given the proximity in time and space to the crime scene.
The investigations also continued in the case of the two holes in the roof of the new synagogue discovered on Saturday. Police said the older damage could be bullet holes. The new synagogue from 1959, which is used by the Jewish community for services, is about a kilometer away as the crow flies from the old synagogue from 1913.