Explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam | World News

An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam, according to Dutch officials.

Mayor Femke Halsema said she believed the blast was a “deliberate attack on the Jewish community”.

The incident occurred on Saturday morning, and police and fire responded quickly.

Damage to the school in a residential neighborhood on Amsterdam’s south side was minimal.

And no injuries were reported.

Police are investigating camera footage showing the person detonating the explosives.

“This is a cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community,” Halsema said.

“Jews in Amsterdam ⁠are increasingly faced with antisemitism. This is unacceptable.”

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten called the attack in Amsterdam “horrifying” and understandably ⁠caused “fear and dread.”
anger” within the Jewish community.

“The security of Jewish institutions is of our utmost concern,” he said in a ⁠post on X.

Tight security at schools and Jewish institutions has been further strengthened following attacks on synagogues in Rotterdam and in Liege, Belgium in recent days.

There are also attack on the synagogue in West Bloomfield, near Detroit in Michigan on Thursday, where a Lebanese-born US citizen allegedly crashed his car into a building.

Authorities said the attacker, who was armed with a rifle, was shot dead at Temple Israel.

No synagogue staff, teachers or 140 children at the early childhood center were injured.

Federal investigators said the Michigan incident was an act of violence targeting the Jewish community.

Concerns about possible attacks on Jewish communities around the world have increased following US-Israeli airstrikes against Israel. Iran and Tehran’s subsequent military response.