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Explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam
Mayor Femke Halsema condemned the blast as a deliberate antisemitic attack causing limited damage with no injuries; security has been heightened after similar incidents in Rotterdam and Liège.
- On March 14, an explosion struck a Jewish school on Zeelandstraat in Amsterdam-Buitenveldert, causing limited damage and no injuries, while Mayor Femke Halsema condemned it as 'a cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community'.
- Authorities noted the organisation Ashab Al Yamim was not previously known to security services and claimed attacks on Jewish sites in Liège, Belgium, and Rotterdam, Netherlands earlier this week.
- Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage that may show the person who planted or detonated the device, while police and firefighters responded swiftly to the scene.
- Dutch police arrested four men, aged 17 to 19, after a Friday explosion at a synagogue entrance, as Dutch investigators and the judiciary coordinate on the case.
- Amid heightened Middle East tensions, the explosion damages a Jewish school in Amsterdam, part of a surge in antisemitic incidents across Europe, with recent attacks in Liège and Rotterdam, authorities say.
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Dutch authorities seek 2 suspects in explosion outside Amsterdam Jewish school
AMSTERDAM — Dutch authorities were hunting Saturday for two people suspected of setting off an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam. The mayor denounced the attack as a cowardly act of aggression against the city's Jewish community.
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In Amsterdam, a Jewish school was slightly damaged by an explosion.
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Dutch authorities are searching for two suspects in an overnight explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, following similar attacks on synagogues in Liege and Rotterdam.
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