Overview
- An overnight blast charred the outer wall of Cheider, the Orthodox Jewish school in Amsterdam’s Buitenveldert district, causing limited damage and no injuries.
- Mayor Femke Halsema condemned the act as a deliberate attack on the Jewish community as police launched a manhunt using CCTV that captured at least one perpetrator at the scene.
- A newly surfaced group calling itself Ashab Al Yamim, or the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, posted videos claiming responsibility, which investigators have not verified.
- Reports differ on the number of culprits, with surveillance showing a perpetrator at the wall and a police statement cited by AP reporting two suspects arriving and fleeing on a motor scooter.
- Officials tightened protection at Jewish sites after related incidents in Rotterdam and Liège; four teenagers were arrested in the Rotterdam case as Dutch and Belgian authorities coordinate inquiries.