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Explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam

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

The city's mayor Femke Halsema said she believed the blast was a "deliberate attack against the Jewish community".

The incident happened early on Saturday, and police and fire services responded quickly.

Damage to the school in a residential neighbourhood on the south side ​of Amsterdam was limited.

And no injuries have been reported.

Police are investigating camera footage appearing to show the person who detonated the explosive.

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

"Jewish people in Amsterdam are ⁠increasingly confronted with antisemitism. This is unacceptable."

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten ​called the attack in Amsterdam "horrible" and said it understandably ⁠caused "fear and
anger" in the Jewish community.

"The safety of Jewish institutions has our full attention," he said in a ⁠post on X.

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

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

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

None of the synagogue's staff, teachers or the 140 children at its early childhood centre were injured.

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

Fears about possible attacks against Jewish ⁠communities around the world have ​increased following US-Israeli ​airstrikes on Iran and a subsequent military response from Tehran.

Sky News

(c) Sky News 2026: Explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam

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