Three robbers raided a house in the Rotterdam district of Vreewijk at the beginning of the evening. There were several people in the house at the time. Two robbers have been injured.
Police set up a major operation and raided the house while the robbers were still there. One of the suspects who was injured was hit by a police bullet.
Eleven people have been arrested. Who the robbers were and who were present in the building is still being investigated. The two injured have been taken to hospital, they are not seriously injured. A firearm was found on the street.
Local residents report to regional broadcaster Rijnmond that they saw between twenty and thirty police cars and that a police helicopter has been deployed. The area surrounding the house would have been cordoned off.
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