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A photograph taken on March 14, 2026 shows a police car parked outside a Jewish school, in Amsterdam, where an explosion was reported over night. – Michel Van Bergen\/ANP\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
An explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city\u2019s mayor called a \u201ctargeted attack against the Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The blast hit the outer wall of the school, located in Buitenveldert, considered the city\u2019s modern Jewish quarter and home to synagogues, religious schools and Jewish restaurants.<\/p>\n
Police have obtained images of the person who allegedly detonated the bomb, the City of Amsterdam told CNN in a statement.<\/p>\n
Security in Amsterdam had been heightened following antisemitic incidents in Rotterdam and Li\u00e8ge in neighboring Belgium earlier the same week, the City of Amsterdam statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a cowardly act of aggression towards the Jewish community,\u201d Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said.<\/p>\n
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said \u201cthere must be no place for antisemitism\u201d in the Netherlands. \u201cI understand the anger and fear and will quickly engage in talks with the Jewish community. They must always feel safe in our country,\u201d he posted on X.<\/p>\n
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday that he held calls with Dutch Jewish community leaders after the explosions, expressing Israel\u2019s \u201csolidarity\u201d with Jews in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
The incident appears to be part of a recent wave of antisemitic violence in Europe amid the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran.<\/p>\n
On Friday, an explosion at the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands\u2019 second largest city, sparked a fire at the entrance of a synagogue.<\/p>\n
Four teenage boys have been arrested following the overnight arson attack, Rotterdam police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Police said that that blaze was caused by an explosive device that detonated at the synagogue. The fire broke out for a short time before burning out by itself, police said, adding that no one was injured.<\/p>\n
The four suspects, aged 17, 18 and 19, were arrested in the vicinity of another synagogue after a vehicle that was driving erratically drew the attention of authorities.<\/p>\n
In Belgium, a synagogue in the city of Li\u00e8ge was rocked by an explosion on Monday in what the city\u2019s mayor described as an antisemitic attack, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n
In Michigan in the US, a synagogue was targeted in a car-ramming attack on Thursday. Though the motive in that incident is still unknown, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said that there\u2019s a clear \u201cnexus\u201d between the Iran war and the attack, adding it\u2019s no coincidence the suspect targeted a synagogue named Temple Israel.<\/p>\n
CNN\u2019s Billy Stockwell contributed reporting.<\/p>\n