6 arrested for planning copycat ‘Jew hunts’ in Belgium

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SIX PEOPLE ARE NOW IN CUSTODY, ACCUSED OF PLANNING ATTACKS ON JEWS IN BELGIUM, SIMILAR TO THE ASSAULTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN AMSTERDAM LAST WEEK.

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INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE WERE CALLS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A SO-CALLED “JEW HUNT” IN ARTWERPT, USING THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THE ATTACKERS, USED, IN THE NETHERLANDS LAST WEEK.
THE COORDINATED ATTACKS ON FANS OF A TEL AVIV SOCCER TEAM LEFT A HALF-DOZEN PEOPLE INJURED. DUTCH AND ISRAELI LEADERS HAVE NOW CONDEMNED THOSE hit-and run crimes AS targeted antisemitic attacks.
AUTHORITIES IN ANTWERP SAID SNAPCHAT USERS CALLING FOR “ACTION AGAINST JEWS’. PROMPTED A POLICE ALERT WHICH LED TO THE SIX ARRESTS. THOSE ARRESTS WERE MADE WHERE GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE CONGREGATED IN THE CITY’S JEWISH AREA.
FEARS OF COPYCAT ATTACKS ARE GROWING AS SIMILAR MESSAGING IS SPREADING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
AS A RESULT, ISRAEL’S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL HAS WARNED ITS CITIZENS TO AVOID CULTURAL AND SPORTING EVENTS, NOT ONLY IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM, BUT FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN AS WELL.
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