3 more suspects arrested for attacks on synagogues in Netherlands

By Reuters 27 March 2026, 6:59 pm

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A blaze caused by an explosion outside a Rotterdam synagogue on March 13, 2026 (Screen grab via X used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Dutch prosecutors say three men have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in an antisemitic attack on a synagogue or for helping to prepare a similar attack.

Two Dutch men, aged 20 and 23, were arrested for their alleged roles in the attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam on March 13, the prosecutors say.

Seven suspects are now in custody for the Rotterdam attack.

Another 18-year-old man is arrested for his alleged involvement in preparing for an attack on a synagogue in the town of Heemstede.

Police last week already arrested two minors, who they said had been plotting to set off an explosion at a synagogue in that town, 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) west of Amsterdam.