A Yemenite synagogue in a town in central Israel was vandalized on Friday, ahead of Shabbat, according to footage circulating on social media.

Israel Police said Saturday that officers opened an investigation into the incident, though no motive or suspects had yet been identified.

Members of the Mishkan Shalom Synagogue in Kadima-Zoran, near Netanya, turned up for Shabbat prayers Friday evening to find prayer books and chumashim, or pentateuchs, torn up, one of the worshipers told the Ynet news site.

The footage showed the floor of the synagogue covered with pages of books strewn about.

At least two Torah scrolls, which are generally treated with the utmost care and kept in an ark, were lying on the floor, along with other ritual objects.

“There’s never been a pogrom like this,” the synagogue said in a statement, according to Ynet. “After we saw the horrors, we closed the place, and because of the holy Shabbat, we submitted a complaint to the police after........

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