{"id":447008,"date":"2026-03-09T12:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/03\/09\/esplosione-davanti-alla-sinagoga-di-liegi-danni-gravi-ma-nessun-ferito-indaga-lantiterrorismo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:40:31","slug":"explosion-outside-liege-synagogue-causes-serious-damage-but-no-injuries-anti%e2%80%91terrorism-unit-investigates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/03\/09\/explosion-outside-liege-synagogue-causes-serious-damage-but-no-injuries-anti%e2%80%91terrorism-unit-investigates\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion outside Li\u00e8ge synagogue causes serious damage but no injuries; anti\u2011terrorism unit investigates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – During the night between Sunday, 8 March and Monday, 9 March, there was an explosion in front of the synagogue in Li\u00e8ge, a Belgian city in the French-speaking region of Wallonia, according to<\/a> the local police, which added that there was “considerable” material damage<\/strong> but no one was injured<\/strong>. The time of the explosion, which occurred shortly before 4 a.m.<\/strong>, also helped avoid a worse outcome. <\/p>\n

“The front window of the synagogue was completely destroyed,” explained a city police spokesperson, “and the windows of the buildings opposite were also broken.” As for the event’s dynamics, a resident of Rue Leon Fredericq<\/strong> (the street where the synagogue is located) said he was awakened by an explosion that occurred right in front of the place of worship<\/strong>. In the morning, the mayor of Li\u00e8ge, Willy Demeyer<\/strong>, confirmed that the explosion was criminal in origin<\/strong>. Further details will emerge from the investigation launched this morning by the anti-terrorism department of the Federal Judicial Police<\/strong>. In the meantime, the local police have closed off the street and established a security zone around the area. <\/p>\n

Demeyer condemned “the violent act of anti-Semitism<\/strong>, contrary to Li\u00e8ge’s tradition of respect for others”. He was echoed by the national government, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever<\/strong> expressing “solidarity with the Jewish community in Li\u00e8ge and throughout Belgium,” adding that “anti-Semitism is an attack on our values and our society and must therefore be fought without ambiguity.” The national executive also announced that the Minister of the Interior, Bernard Quintin<\/strong>, <\/strong>will arrive in Li\u00e8ge this afternoon to take stock of the situation with the relevant authorities and “plan a strengthening of security measures <\/strong>in the city of Wallonia and other sensitive areas of the country.” <\/p>\n

In light of <\/strong>new military escalation in the Middle East<\/a><\/strong>, the Organe de Coordination pour l’Analyse de la Menace<\/strong> (Belgian counter-terrorism agency) <\/strong>set  <\/a>a general threat level in Belgium of 3 out of 4<\/a><\/strong>, which indicates that an attack is considered “possible and credible.” <\/strong>On Wednesday (4 March), the Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Boris Dilli\u00e8s, convened<\/a> the Regional Security Council <\/strong>(CORES) for an extraordinary session to assess how a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could affect public safety and critical infrastructure, including airports, railway hubs, and European Union institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The building’s front window was destroyed by the explosion, which occurred shortly before four o’clock in the morning. Mayor Willy Demeyer described it as a criminal act of anti-Semitism, while the national government announced a strengthening of security measures throughout Belgium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7899,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25712],"tags":[29350,30339,25801,33297,33298,33299,25745,33300],"class_list":["post-447008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","tag-bart-de-wever-en","tag-belgian-cat-en","tag-bernard-quintin","tag-esplosione","tag-liegi","tag-safety-en","tag-sinagoga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447009,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447008\/revisions\/447009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}