Three more suspects arrested for antisemitic attacks in Netherlands


AMSTERDAM, March ⁠27 (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors on Friday ⁠said three men had 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 said.

Seven ​suspects are now in custody for the Rotterdam attack.

Another 18-year-old ⁠man was 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 kilometres (15.5 miles) ​west of Amsterdam.

(Reporting by Bart MeijerEditing by Rod Nickel)

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