MONTREAL — A Federation CJA security official said there’s “no indication whatsoever” that antisemitism was the motivation for the firebombing of a kosher restaurant last week.

Moshe Ben-Shach, the federation’s chief services officer, said he was on the scene early with police and no graffiti or other evidence was found suggesting a hate crime.

A Molotov cocktail was thrown through the front window of Chops Resto-Bar, at 5322 Queen Mary Rd., around 4 a.m. on Oct. 18. Witnesses saw two people in hooded garments or balaclavas throw the incendiary device and then flee the scene.

Damage was minor and mainly due to water from the restaurant’s sprinkler system, which extinguished the fire.

“Given what has been going on in France and elsewhere in the world, we are aware of the issue [that the Jewish character of the business may have been a factor],” Ben-Shach said.

But he said he’s satisfied with the police assessment that this was a purely criminal act and “we are leaving it in their capable hands.”

It was the third of what would be four firebombings of Montreal businesses within three days in the early morning hours. Two cafés in the Plateau Mont-Royal were the targets of arsonists the day before, and a fourth establishment, a gym, was hit in Villeray Friday morning.

None of these other businesses are owned by Jews.

Chops, a high-end steak and Asian cuisine restaurant and reception hall, was attacked previously with a Molotov cocktail in 2010, CTV News reported.

Chops is certified kosher by the Grand Rabbinat du Québec and carries its KSR hechsher.

Restaurant owner Isaac Nahon’s cellphone number wasn’t accepting messages when the CJN called last week, and the restaurant’s number was out of order.