{"id":5323,"date":"2026-03-09T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/5323\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:36:08","slug":"belgium-to-investigate-targeted-synagogue-explosion-in-liege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/5323\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium to investigate &#8216;targeted&#8217; synagogue explosion in Liege"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Belgian federal prosecutors&#8217; office in charge of <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/organised-crime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:organised crime;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">organised crime<\/a> and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/terrorism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:terrorism;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">terrorism<\/a> said it will probe a blast that damaged a <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/synagogue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:synagogue;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">synagogue<\/a> Monday in eastern <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/belgium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Belgium;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Belgium<\/a>, with the local mayor denouncing an &#8220;anti-Semitic act&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is all intentional and targeted. We condemn this anti-Semitic act as strongly as possible,&#8221; Willy Demeyer, the mayor of Liege, where the synagogue is located, told public broadcaster RTBF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We cannot allow foreign conflicts to be imported into our city,&#8221; he said of the early morning blast, which caused no injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The explosion took place around 4am (0300 GMT) in front of the synagogue, blowing out the windows of the buildings across the road, a <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/police\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">police<\/a> spokesman said, adding there was &#8220;only material damage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A security perimeter was erected, and the federal police were expected at the scene, according to RTBF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Built in 1899, the synagogue also serves as a museum for the history of Liege&#8217;s Jewish community, according to the temple&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FRANCE 24 with AFP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Belgian federal prosecutors&#8217; office in charge of organised crime and terrorism said it will probe a blast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[3979,7,1564,3978,3971,2055,3969,3977],"class_list":["post-5323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-anti-semitic","tag-belgium","tag-eastern-belgium","tag-federal-prosecutors","tag-liege","tag-rtbf","tag-synagogue","tag-willy-demeyer"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116198544729188223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}