Jewish school in Amsterdam damaged by explosion in ‘deliberate attack’

A Jewish school in Amsterdam has been damaged by an explosion in a "deliberate attack", according to Dutch media.

Femke Halsema, the city’s mayor, said she believed the incident was a targeted attack on the Jewish community.

It is not yet known if there were any casualties in the blast.

Ms Halsema labelled the incident a "cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community".

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She added: "Jewish people in Amsterdam are increasingly confronted with antisemitism.

"This is unacceptable."

Police are investigating footage which appears to show a suspect setting off an explosive in relation to the attack.

The blast occurred at the religious school in an upscale residential neighbourhood on the south side of Amsterdam.

The explosion marks the second incident targeting the Dutch Jewish community in recent days.

On Thursday night, an overnight arson attack caused damage to a synagogue in central Rotterdam.

Four men were later arrested in connection to the incident.

The attack caused heightened security at synagogues and Jewish institutions in the Dutch capital.

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It comes after a fire erupted at a synagogue in Liege, Belgium following an explosion on Monday.

In the US, a vehicle packed with explosives was driven into the Temple Israel synagogue in Michigan before the attacker exited with a rifle and exchanged gunfire with armed security - who then shot and killed him.

Department of Homeland Security officials have named the man as Lebanese migrant Ayman Mohamad Ghazali.

Ghazali was born in Lebanon in 1985 and entered the US in 2011 on an IR1 immigrant visa as the spouse of a US citizen, Fox News reported.

Fears over targeted attacks against Jewish communities across the globe have spiked following US-Israeli military accent against Iran began a fortnight ago.

On November 6, the Metropolitan Police arrested four men on suspicion of spying for Iran.

Counter Terrorism Policing London made the arrests at addresses in Barnet and Watford as part of a pre-planned operation.

The investigation relates to suspected surveillance of locations and individuals who are linked to the Jewish community in the London area.

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