The Israeli Embassy in Riga was evacuated after officials received a bomb threat. No explosives were found. The threat came one week after the bombing of the Latvian capital’s only synagogue. In a related development, the commander in chief of Latvia’s army commander resigned. Latvia’s National Security Council recommended last week that Juris Dalbins be ousted for participating in a march last month of Latvian Nazi veterans.
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