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Twenty one masked men have thrown Molotov cocktails at a synagogue in Sweden tonight as terrified Jewish students huddled inside.

The group of youths, who were holding a party in the venue, had to be rushed to basement until security forces arrived.

The sickening attack has taken place in Gothenburg just days after US President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

A mother whose daughter was inside the synagogue at the time of the attack, told Expressen GT that she received a text from her saying 'Mum I'm getting scared.'

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She said the youngsters were now "stuck" in the basement and that her daughter told her she could smell gas.

It's not believed anyone has been injured.

Armed officers raced to the scene just 10pm local time (11pm GMT) and placed the area in lockdown after receiving reports of 'several' Molotov cocktails being thrown outside.

Jewish Assembly chairman in Gothenburg Allan Stutzinsky, witnessed the attack.

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He said: "There were tens of masked people throwing burning objects into the courtyard.

"At the party held in the center next to the synagogue, there were about 30 young people."

A police spokesman said: "There are several molotov cocktails that have been thrown against the synagogue.

"It's about bottles and gasoline. Now we are waiting for technicians and searching for perpetrators."

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Lead fire fighter Kristoffer Wahter told Swedish news site GP a fire had broken out between parked vehicles in a car park outside the synagogue.

The police do not know if there was any threat made to the Jewish Assembly.

The attack comes one day after thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in a “day of rage” today over Trump’s incendiary Jerusalem move.

It is not known if the two incidents are linked.

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Mohammed Al-Masri, 30, died after being hit by Israeli gunfire east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

It was the first death since clashes erupted across the Palestinian territories after US President Donald Trump said America will move its Israel embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military said in a statement that during clashes along the border fence, soldiers “fired selectively at two main instigators” and confirmed hitting them.

Across the Arab and Muslim worlds, thousands more demonstrators protested on Friday, the Muslim holy day, to support Palestinian outrage against Trump.

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Just hours earlier on Thursday evening scoffing Trump had celebrated his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital at the White House Hanukkah Reception.

Having ordered the State Department to prepare for moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem — he told the reception: “Well, I know for a fact there are a lot of happy people in this room.”

He appeared to be highlighting Israeli enthusiasm for making Jerusalem the country’s capital - ignoring the fact that millions of Muslims and most western diplomats and politicians see it as offensive.

Violence followed Gaza’s ruling armed Islamist group Hamas calling for a third intifada against Israel.