'Deliberate Attack': Explosion Rocks Jewish School in Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM: An explosion ​damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam ‌early on Saturday, in what the city's mayor described as "a deliberate attack against the Jewish ​community".
The explosion at the school in ​an upscale residential neighbourhood on the ⁠south side of Amsterdam only caused ​limited damage, Mayor Femke Halsema said in ​a press release, as police and firefighters arrived at the scene quickly.

No injuries were reported.

Security at ​synagogues and Jewish institutions in the ​Dutch capital had already been heightened after an overnight ‌arson ⁠attack at a synagogue in the centre of Rotterdam on Friday. 

In neighbouring Belgium, an explosion caused a fire at a synagogue ​in Liege on ​Monday.

"This ⁠is a cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community," Halsema ​said.

“Jewish people in Amsterdam are ​increasingly ⁠confronted with antisemitism. This is unacceptable.” Concerns about possible attacks against Jewish communities around the world ⁠have ​risen following U.S. and ​Israeli attacks on Iran and a subsequent response from Tehran.

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