Overview
- An explosion around 4 a.m. outside the Liège synagogue shattered windows and caused property damage but no injuries, police said.
- The Federal Prosecutor has launched a judicial investigation, with the Federal Judicial Police’s terrorism division leading evidence collection.
- Interior Minister Bernard Quintin condemned an “abject” antisemitic act and said security around comparable sites will be reinforced.
- Prime Minister Bart de Wever denounced antisemitism as an assault on national values and planned to travel to Liège to review the situation.
- Community leaders expressed shock over the attack on the 1899 synagogue that also houses a local Jewish museum, with no suspects publicly identified so far.