{"id":41105,"date":"2026-03-16T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/41105\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:30:06","slug":"amsterdam-police-probe-new-blast-linked-to-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/41105\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam police probe new blast linked to extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Dutch police are investigating a new explosion that damaged an office building in Amsterdam, reportedly claimed by the same extremist group that earlier took responsibility for a blast at a Jewish school in the city. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"667\">Authorities said the explosion caused a small fire that was quickly extinguished by security guards and resulted in minor damage to the building. No immediate injuries were reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"807\">Police are now examining whether the latest incident is connected to the earlier explosion at the Jewish school that occurred on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"976\">Officials said it remains unclear whether the targeted office building has any direct connection to Amsterdam\u2019s Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1088\">The building is managed by Sienna Investment Managers, which has not yet commented on the incident.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1305\">Saturday\u2019s explosion at the school also caused minor damage but prompted strong condemnation from <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/explosion-damages-jewish-school-in-amsterdam-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amsterdam<\/a> Mayor Femke Halsema and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1538\">The extremist group behind the claim has also taken responsibility for previous attacks targeting synagogues in Rotterdam and Liege in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1645\">Following the recent incidents, authorities have increased security around Jewish sites across Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1893\">Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel said earlier that a possible connection between the explosions in Amsterdam and Rotterdam could not be ruled out, though officials have not confirmed claims circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1895\" data-end=\"2084\">Concerns about potential attacks on Jewish communities globally have intensified amid heightened geopolitical tensions following recent strikes involving the United States, Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/aysel-mammadzada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Aysel Mammadzada<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dutch police are investigating a new explosion that damaged an office building in Amsterdam, reportedly claimed by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,2933,22644,200,3618,23250],"class_list":{"0":"post-41105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amsterdam","8":"tag-amsterdam","9":"tag-fire","10":"tag-jewish-school","11":"tag-netherlands","12":"tag-police","13":"tag-sienna-investment"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116238865548458064","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}