The 1981 Antwerp synagogue bombing killed three people and wounded 106 outside a Portuguese Jewish synagogue. Through 2010 the opening called it an October 20, 1981 truck bomb terror attack outside a Portuguese Jewish synagogue. Today the opening says only that a truck bomb exploded outside the synagogue, with terror surviving six times elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns a truck bomb exploded at a synagogue, not that it was described as a terror attack.
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1981 Antwerp bombing was an October 20, 1981 truck bomb terror attack outside a Portuguese Jewish synagogue in the centre of Antwerp , Belgium .1 Three people were killed and 106 wounded. The explosion blew in the doors and stained-glass windows of the synagogue and smashed storefronts and windows for blocks around. The bomb had been concealed in a delivery truck parked illegally overnight with one wheel removed, as if it had broken down. After the blast, only the vehicle's axles, some glass and other debris remained.2The attack took place on a Tuesday morning in the diamond district of Antwerp, shortly before Simchat Torah religious services were to begin.3It followed by one year the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing , which took place on the eve of Simchat Torah. The bombing was condemned as "diabolically wicked" by Belgian prime minister Mark Eyskens .4
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On October 20, 1981, a truck bomb exploded outside a Portuguese Jewish synagogue in the centre of Antwerp , Belgium . Three people were killed and 106 wounded. The explosion blew in the doors and stained-glass windows of the synagogue and smashed storefronts and windows for blocks around. The bomb had been concealed in a delivery truck parked illegally overnight with one wheel removed, as if it had broken down. After the blast, only the vehicle's axels, glass and other debris remained. The attack took place on a Tuesday morning in the diamond district of Antwerp , shortly before Simchat Torah religious services were to begin. It followed by one year the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing , which took place on the eve of Simchat Torah. The bombing was condemned as "diabolically wicked" by Belgian prime minister of the time, Mark Eyskens .
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On 20 October 1981, a truck bomb exploded outside a Portuguese Jewish synagogue in the centre of Antwerp , Belgium , in the diamond district of Antwerp .The explosion took place 9.30 on a Tuesday morning, shortly before Simchat Torah religious services were to begin. Three people were killed and 106 wounded.
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Truck bombing in Belgium On 20 October 1981, a truck bomb exploded outside a Portuguese Jewish synagogue in the centre of Antwerp , Belgium , in the diamond district of Antwerp . The explosion took place shortly after 9:00 AM on a Tuesday morning, a few minutes before Simchat Torah religious services were to begin. Three people were killed and 106 wounded.
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