Belgian security forces closed the Great Synagogue in central Brussels early Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was received, local media reported.
Brussels police set up security barriers and diverted traffic.
After no explosives or other suspicious objects were found in a search of the shul, the security barriers were removed, the police announced shortly after 9:30 a.m.
“We can confirm that a bomb threat was received shortly after 6 a.m., targeting the Great Synagogue,” Brussels police said. “The necessary measures were taken, and security barriers were erected.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Oy, i said kaddish there and in 30 other places 27 years ago. shul was formerly conservative and there was still a large organ