CCTV Captures Second Attacker Targets Youngsters’s Security
2 min learnAmsterdamMar 14, 2026 04:07 PM IST
Dutch authorities had been looking Saturday for an individual who was filmed setting off an explosion outdoors a Jewish college in Amsterdam. The mayor denounced the assault as a cowardly act of aggression towards town’s Jewish neighborhood.
A Metropolis Corridor assertion mentioned the in a single day blast towards the outer wall of the varsity within the Dutch capital’s Buitenveldert district prompted solely restricted injury. The one that detonated the explosion was caught on digital camera, it mentioned.
Mayor Femke Halsema mentioned within the assertion that Amsterdam’s Jewish residents really feel “worry and anger” and are more and more being focused by antisemitism.
“That’s unacceptable. A college have to be a spot the place kids can study safely. Amsterdam have to be a spot the place Jews can reside safely,” she mentioned.
Safety round Jewish faculties and different websites was bolstered after an explosion close to a synagogue in Liege, Belgium, and a blast that prompted a small hearth on the entrance of a synagogue within the Dutch port metropolis of Rotterdam on Friday.
“Two nights in a row, a cowardly assault with an explosive at a Jewish constructing. First in Rotterdam, now in Amsterdam,” the Dutch justice and safety minister, David van Weel, posted on X.
“The protection of Jewish establishments has our full consideration. An investigation into the perpetrators is underway.”