{"id":40662,"date":"2026-03-15T16:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/40662\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:34:44","slug":"explosion-damages-jewish-school-in-amsterdam-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/40662\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam, according to Dutch officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The city&#8217;s mayor Femke Halsema said she believed the blast was a &#8220;deliberate attack against the Jewish community&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident happened early on Saturday, and police and fire services responded quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Damage to the school in a residential neighbourhood on the south side \u200bof Amsterdam was limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police are investigating camera footage appearing to show the person who detonated the explosive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This \u200bis a cowardly act \u200bof aggression against the Jewish community,&#8221; Ms \u200bHalsema said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Jewish people in Amsterdam are \u2060increasingly confronted with antisemitism. This is unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten \u200bcalled the attack in Amsterdam &#8220;horrible&#8221; and said it understandably \u2060caused &#8220;fear and<br \/>anger&#8221; in the Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The safety of Jewish institutions has our full attention,&#8221; he said in a \u2060post on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tight security at Jewish schools and institutions has been strengthened even more following attacks in recent days on synagogues in Rotterdam and in Liege, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There was also <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/michigan-synagogue-attack-suspects-family-were-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-lebanon-13518913\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:an attack on a synagogue;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;an attack on a synagogue&quot;}\" class=\"link \">an attack on a synagogue<\/a> in West Bloomfield, near Detroit in Michigan on Thursday, where a Lebanese-born US citizen allegedly rammed his car into the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities said the attacker, who was armed with a rifle, was fatally shot at Temple Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">None of the synagogue&#8217;s staff, teachers or the 140 children at its early childhood centre were injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Federal investigators said the Michigan incident was an act of violence targeting the Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fears about possible attacks against Jewish \u2060communities around the world have \u200bincreased following US-Israeli \u200bairstrikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/iran-5977\/1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Iran;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Iran&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Iran<\/a> and a subsequent military response from Tehran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam, according to Dutch officials. 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