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)