Three people were killed in a shooting at the Brussels Jewish Museum on Saturday. The three died at the scene; another victim was in critical condition in the hospital.
A Jewish community figure, Joel Rubinfeld, told AFP it clearly “is a terrorist act” as a man had been seen driving up and entering the museum before opening fire inside and running off. Rubinfeld, who heads the country’s league against anti-Semitism, said the act was the result of “a climate of hate.”
The country’s foreign minister, Didier Reynders, tweeted Saturday that he was “shocked by the murders committed at the Jewish museum.” “I am thinking of the victims I saw there and their families,” he said.
The La Libre newspaper said on its website that an Audi had driven up and parked outside the museum, and that both a passenger and the driver had gotten out. It said the driver placed two bags on the ground and then opened fire on bystanders before driving off.
“A person wearing a backpack was seen opening fire before fleeing,” RTBF reported [in French].
Twelve people were being treated for shock, according to local sources.
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Forensic experts examine the site of a shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Saturday, May 24, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Yves Logghe)Jeremiah 16:14-16
14 “‘Therefore,’ says Adonai, ‘the day will come when (Israel, the Jewish) people will no longer swear, “As Adonai lives, who brought the people of Isra’el out of the land of Egypt, (as the remembrance at Pesach)”
15 but, “As Adonai lives, who brought the people of Isra’el out of the land to the north and out of all the countries where he drove them”; for I will bring them back to their own land, which I gave to their ancestors (celebrating the return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel at the new feast of Tabernacles).
16 “‘Look,’ says Adonai, ‘I will send for many fishermen, and they will fish for them (to make aliyah). Afterwards, I will send for many hunters; and they will hunt them from every mountain and hill and out of caves in the rocks (the rise of anti-Semitism and terrorist attacks on Jewish people)*.
* (...) Explanation by Henoch
