Overview
- The explosion around 4:00 a.m. outside the synagogue on Rue Léon Frédéricq shattered windows at the temple and a building across the street, with no injuries reported.
- The federal prosecutor’s office took charge of the case and assigned counterterrorism investigators, with explosive-ordnance specialists working at the scene.
- Prime Minister Bart De Wever, Interior Minister Bernard Quintin and Mayor Willy Demeyer condemned the attack and said security at comparable sites will be reinforced.
- Authorities described the incident as antisemitic while cautioning that the cause and any connection to broader Middle East tensions have not been established.
- The 1899 landmark remains cordoned off for forensic work, and European vigilance has increased following a separate blast outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo.