Vice detectives on Tuesday arrested a 61-year-old man suspected of involvement in the abuse of a then eight-year-old girl in Amsterdam in 2008, reports AT5 Wednesday. New DNA testing led to his arrest. The girl was on her way home from a neighborhood party on June 21, 2008. A man on a bicycle managed to … Read more
On the beach of Borssele in Zeeland, more than three hundred packages with suspected cocaine were washed up on Tuesday afternoon, customs confirms after a report by Zeeland broadcaster. The discovery was made around 2 pm on the Kalootstrand between the nuclear power plant in Borssele and Ritthem, where the packages were widespread. Customs informs … Read more
A bus driver in Amsterdam was severely beaten on Tuesday afternoon. The man was admitted to hospital with injuries, reports the Amsterdam transport company GVB. The assault took place around 2.30 pm in bus 21 in the Nieuw-West district. It was filmed by a bystander and then on No style posted. The images show how … Read more
Prime Minister Mark Rutte occasionally experienced emotional moments on Tuesday during the national reflection day around the corona virus. He told this on Tuesday evening in conversation with NU.nl, after he and Minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Health) had spoken in the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch with people who have been affected by the corona … Read more
The man who threatened with a knife at Schiphol on Monday evening had no terrorist motive. This is currently assumed, the military police reported Tuesday after an investigation. The man threatened several people in one of the departure halls. Because he did not respond to a call to put down his weapon, the military police … Read more
The mayors of the Security Council are dissatisfied with the sudden turn that the cabinet made last week with regard to the face masks policy. This became clear on Monday evening after the meeting between the presidents of the 25 security regions. “It is of course quite annoying when you agree on a line and … Read more
The capacity of test laboratories has been scaled up faster than expected in a short period of time, spokespersons for the umbrella organization of GGDs and the Ministry of Public Health confirm in conversation with NU.nl. Currently, more than 56,000 corona tests can be administered per day, numbers that only seemed realistic at the end … Read more
According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the criminal organization around Martien R. continued unabated trafficking in narcotics after his arrest on November 13, 2019. The officer announced on Monday that R.’s organization was still involved in drug shipments after that. According to the OM, this is evident from communication attributed to Arnold M. The … Read more
At least three Dutch people were infected with the dengue virus by a bite of a tiger mosquito in France last summer, the platform Stop invasive exotics reports Monday. The virus causes dengue fever. In the past month, a man and woman contracted the disease from a bite from a tiger mosquito in the southern … Read more
Small providers of youth care are making a profit, while a significant part of the youth care organizations is doing badly financially, Youth Care Netherlands concluded on Monday after an investigation into the annual accounts of hundreds of providers. Almost half of the 64 so-called system parties, which are responsible for, among other things, foster … Read more