Dutch police apprehend fifth suspect for Rotterdam synagogue arson

AMSTERDAM: Dutch police have arrested a fifth suspect over an arson attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam last Friday, Dutch police said on Thursday.
“In the investigation into last week’s explosion at the synagogue ... a 19-year-old man from Tilburg was arrested in his hometown today. His role is under investigation. This is the fifth suspect in this ⁠investigation,” police said on ⁠social media platform X.
Earlier this week, Justice Minister David van Weel said the possibility that Iran was involved in the attack was being investigated.
The four other suspects, aged ⁠17 to 19, were apprehended shortly after the arson.
In the past week, several attacks have taken place in the Netherlands, including one on a Jewish school in Amsterdam. There has also been an attack on a synagogue in Liege, in neighboring Belgium.
The attacks, which caused no injuries, were all claimed ⁠on social ⁠media platform X by an extremist group, though police are still investigating whether the group was actually behind them.
The attacks have triggered heightened security at Jewish sites in the Netherlands.
Concerns about possible attacks against Jewish communities around the world have risen following US and Israeli attacks on Iran and the subsequent response from Tehran.