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Amsterdam Jewish School Struck by Explosive as Police Probe Links to Rotterdam

Investigators now pursue possible links to earlier synagogue blasts using newly secured security-camera images.

Overview

  • The late-night detonation damaged the exterior wall of a Jewish school in Buitenveldert with no injuries reported.
  • Amsterdam police obtained footage of the person believed to have planted and triggered the device.
  • Mayor Femke Halsema condemned what authorities labeled a selective attack against the Jewish community.
  • Investigators are examining connections to Friday’s explosion at a Rotterdam synagogue, where four suspects aged 17 to 19 were arrested.
  • Authorities are also reviewing a blast at a synagogue in Liège earlier in the week, and security around Jewish sites in Amsterdam has been reinforced.