An explosion broken a Jewish college in Amsterdam early on Saturday, in what town’s mayor described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community”.
The explosion on the college in an upmarket residential neighbourhood on the south facet of Amsterdam solely prompted restricted harm, the mayor, Femke Halsema, mentioned in a press launch, as police and firefighters arrived on the scene shortly.
No accidents have been reported.
Security at synagogues and Jewish establishments within the Dutch capital had already been heightened after an in a single day arson assault at a synagogue within the centre of Rotterdam on Friday.
In neighbouring Belgium, an explosion prompted a fireplace at a synagogue in Liege on Monday.
“This is a cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community,” Halsema mentioned.
“Jewish people in Amsterdam are increasingly confronted with antisemitism. This is unacceptable.”
Concerns about doable assaults towards Jewish communities world wide have risen following US and Israeli attacks on Iran and a subsequent response from Tehran.
