Jewish Leader Condemns Car Ramming of Synagogue Gates

Police have charged a man with forcibly reversing his Toyota Hilux utility into the gates of the synagogue

A supplied image obtained on Feb. 21, 2026. CCTV released on behalf of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies in relation to an alleged wilful damage incident at a synagogue in Brisbane overnight where a vehicle is alleged to have rammed the front gates PR HANDOUT/Supplied by Queensland Police

The ramming of the gates to Brisbane’s largest synagogue is “an attack on all of us,” says the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies.

Police have charged a man with forcibly reversing his Toyota Hilux utility into the gates of the synagogue on Margaret Street in Brisbane’s CBD shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday.