112 news: Possible link between shootings at takeaway restaurants in Rotterdam and Dordrecht | Another major power outage Vlaardingen-Holy

Two shootings last night in Rotterdam and Dordrecht may be linked. So say the police. For example, in Rotterdam-West, on the Volmarijnstraat, a Surinamese takeaway restaurant called Lobi BBQ was shot. It now appears that shots were also fired at a restaurant of the same name on the Spuiweg in Dordrecht.

On Sunday afternoon, passers-by found a shell there. No one was injured in the bombing; Bullet impacts caused damage.

Much of Vlaardingen-Holy was again without electricity on Sunday evening. That’s about 3,500 connections. Nothing is known about the cause yet. Network operator Stedin became aware of the malfunction and fixed it during the evening. Meanwhile, people have been trapped in elevators. The firefighters rescued them.

There was also a major power outage in Vlaardingen-Holy more than a week ago. Even then, thousands of families were affected.

In the Thomassentunnel near Rozenburg, a car briefly stood sideways after an accident. The emergency services then closed the tunnel towards Rotterdam. Five vehicles were involved in the accident. One person seemed trapped. The people on board the vehicles were checked on the spot by paramedics.

The five vehicles have now left the Thomassentunnel. The tunnel will reopen to traffic as soon as possible, says a spokesman for the Rotterdam Security Region.

In the night between Saturday and Sunday, a restaurant on the Volmarijnstraat in Rotterdam-West was shot up. Police found “several shell casings and impacts” there. No one was injured in the shooting. The police are investigating.

An explosion occurred in the night between Saturday and Sunday in a Stieltjesplein arcade in the Feijenoord district of Rotterdam. In the explosion, the windows of the porch and the upper floors were blown out. According to eyewitnesses, the street was littered with glass. No one was injured, but there was considerable damage to cars parked nearby.

The explosion was probably caused by fireworks. Later that morning, police found fireworks on the porch. The search is in progress.

In Vlaardingen, a car caught fire in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The fire started in the back seat of the vehicle, which was parked at Van Lennepsplaats. Since the fire appears to have started in the back seat, firefighters assume arson.

Earlier this week, at least six cars were damaged in another fire in Vlaardingen’s Samuël Esmeijerstraat.

Around midnight, a police car hit a scooter in Capelle aan den IJssel. Immediately after the Capelseplein accident, the officers provided first aid to the two young women who were on the scooter. One of them was taken to hospital with leg injuries. The officers escaped unharmed. It is not known how the accident occurred.

A 27-year-old man with no address or permanent residence was injured in a stabbing in the Abcoudestraat on Saturday evening. Police eventually found the man with serious injuries on Mijnsherenlaan, where he had walked after the accident. He was treated on the spot and then taken to the hospital.

According to witnesses, it was an argument between two people, in which knives were drawn. Together with the injured man, the police indeed found a knife, which probably belonged to him. In pursuit of the suspect, police searched a house, but no one has yet been arrested.

On Oostzeedijk Down in Rotterdam-Kralingen, a snack bar was robbed on Saturday evening. According to the police, these are two men who threatened the staff with a knife. The robbers may have fled via Lambertusstraat with a sum of money in his pocket. There the men got into a car. It is surprising that they were wearing balaclavas and sunglasses. Police are looking for witnesses and video surveillance footage. No one was injured in the robbery.