politics
Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in wave of antisemitic violence
An explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city’s mayor called a “targeted attack against the Jewish community.”
TL;DR
- An explosion occurred overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, an act the mayor called 'targeted'.
- Police have obtained images of the suspect who detonated a bomb at the school.
- The incident follows earlier antisemitic incidents in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Liège, Belgium.
- Rotterdam police arrested four teenagers after an explosive device detonated at a synagogue, causing a brief fire.
- A synagogue in Liège, Belgium, was also rocked by an explosion, described as antisemitic.
- In Michigan, US, a synagogue was targeted in a car-ramming attack, with its motive still under investigation.
- The attacks are occurring amid a wave of antisemitic violence in Europe and the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.