Amsterdam Jewish college hit by explosion as mayor calls it ‘deliberate assault’
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A blast has struck a Jewish school in Amsterdam, with the city’s mayor calling the explosion a “deliberate attack against the Jewish community” – no casualties have been reported
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Everything we know: Amsterdam Jewish school targeted in blast
- A blast has rocked a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what authorities are calling a deliberate antisemitic attack.
- Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema branded the early Saturday morning explosion a “cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community.” No casualties were reported but police are examining CCTV footage showing the bomber.
- The attack struck an affluent residential area on Amsterdam’s south side, with damage contained by swift emergency response.
- “Jewish people in Amsterdam are increasingly confronted with antisemitism. This is unacceptable,” Ms Halsema declared.
- Security has been ramped up at Jewish institutions following recent synagogue attacks in Rotterdam, Belgium, and Michigan where a gunman was shot dead after driving into a building housing 140 children.
- The incidents come amid heightened global tensions following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, with Donald Trump boasting of “obliterating” Iranian targets and claiming Iran “wants a deal” after their “total defeat.”
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