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Iran Responsible for Antisemitic Terror Attacks in Liège, Antwerp Earlier This Year

Security chief Gert Vercauteren said the attacks were part of a coordinated campaign, not isolated vandalism, after arrests disrupted the network.

  • Iran directly ordered two terrorist attacks against Jewish sites in Belgium earlier this year, according to Director Gert Vercauteren of the Belgian Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis .
  • The operations included a March 9 synagogue explosion in Liège and vehicle arson in Antwerp, with no injuries reported in either incident.
  • Vercauteren told RTBF on Thursday that perpetrators "certainly" acted on instructions from Tehran, while Belgian intelligence also identified cross-border plots including a disrupted plan to bomb a synagogue in Heemstede.
  • Following a suspect's detention in Turkey that disrupted a key network node, Belgian authorities have recorded no subsequent attacks since the arrest, though the national terror threat level remains "serious."
  • Vercauteren emphasized that extremism remains a "societal problem" that security services alone cannot solve, stressing that prevention and reintegration must be linked to combat the evolving threat.
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dhnet.be broke the news on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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