A Terrorist Attack Occurred in Belgium 0 14

Around 4:00 AM, an explosion occurred near the synagogue in the city of Liège, shattering windows in the building. There are no reports of injuries, according to the Belgian television channel VRT, citing police. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The area of the incident has been cordoned off, and a counter-terrorism unit is on site. The mayor of Liège, Willy Demeyer, described the incident as "an extremely brutal act of anti-Semitism." Deutsche Welle reminds that on March 1, the German government's commissioner for combating anti-Semitism, Felix Klein, warned that the war against Iran could trigger a surge of anti-Semitism in Europe. According to the official, there has been a "connection between the rise in tensions in the Middle East and an increase in attacks on Jews in Europe".