{"id":28155,"date":"2026-03-09T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28155"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:24:12","slug":"belgian-synagogue-damaged-in-blast-considered-antisemitic-act","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/belgian-synagogue-damaged-in-blast-considered-antisemitic-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian synagogue damaged in blast considered antisemitic act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The explosion blew out the \u2060windows of the synagogue, as well as those of \u200ba building on the opposite side of the road, public \u200bbroadcaster,<i>\u00a0RTBF<\/i>\u00a0said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The cause was not clear, but prosecutors said the case had been passed to federal authorities, which normally investigate incidents linked \u200bto terrorism or organised crime. Belgian Interior Minister, Bernard Quintin \u200bcalled the explosion &#8220;a despicable antisemitic act that directly targeted the Jewish community \u200cof \u2060Belgium&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said security measures around similar sites will continue to be reinforced.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Eitan Bergman, Vice-President of the Co-ordinating Committee of Jewish Organisations in Belgium, said the targeting of the synagogue \u200bwas deeply shocking.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Liege \u200bis home \u2060to a very small but vibrant Jewish community where I personally grew up. Today, the \u200bfeelings among our community members are a mixture \u200bof \u2060sadness, worry and profound shock,&#8221; he told\u00a0<i>Reuters<\/i>. Police have cordoned off the largely residential street on the bank of the \u2060river \u200bMeuse opposite Liege city centre. Federal prosecutors \u200bdeclined to give further details of the incident.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28156,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28155","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"An explosion hit a synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege early on Monday in what authorities said was an \u200bantisemitic attack that caused damage but no injuries","published_date":"2026-03-09 00:00:00","news_description":"An explosion hit a synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege early on Monday in what authorities said was an \u200bantisemitic attack that caused damage but no injuries","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28157,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28155\/revisions\/28157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}