In front of the synagogue located on Rue Léon-Frédéricq, in Liege, Belgium, undated photo taken from Google Street View. GOOGLE STREET VIEW
Belgium's prime minister vowed to combat antisemitism on Monday, March 9, after a pre-dawn blast damaged a synagogue in eastern Belgium, with prosecutors in charge of organized crime and terrorism heading up the investigation. The explosion took place around 4 am local time in front of the synagogue, causing no injuries, police said.
"Antisemitism is an attack on our values and our society, and we must fight it unequivocally. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in Liège and across the country," Prime Minister Bart De Wever said on social media. Interior Minister Bernard Quintin slammed a "despicable antisemitic act that directly targeted Belgium's Jewish community."
"Security measures around similar sites will continue to be expanded," Quintin said in a social media post.
Willy Demeyer, the mayor of Liège, where the synagogue is located, condemned what he described as "an antisemitic act." "We cannot allow foreign conflicts to be imported into our city," he told public broadcaster RTBF, in a seeming reference to the Middle East war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
