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Brussels synagogue briefly evacuated after false bomb threat

By Canaan Lidor

(JNS) — Unidentified individuals on Tuesday phoned in what turned out to be a false bomb threat at the Great Synagogue of Brussels, Belgium, leading to the building’s brief evacuation until the police’s bomb squad determined that there was no danger, a Jewish community security source said.

“A bomb threat was received by phone targeting the Great Synagogue of Brussels,” the source told JNS after reports emerged in the Belgian media that the street of the Jewish house of worship was blocked for traffic.

“The Chief Rabb...