A very large fire broke out at a thrift store on Postjesweg in Amsterdam-West in the night from Saturday to Sunday, regional partner reports AT5. The fire and the associated smoke development was so fierce that many neighboring houses had to be evacuated. This included dozens of homes in a flat next to the fire. … Read more
After a shooting incident in the Groningen village of Kiel-Windeweer, eight people were arrested on Saturday evening, the police report Twitter. The police received a report of a shooting incident on Dorpsstraat around 8.45 pm. Six suspects were initially arrested upon arrival. Later, the police arrested two more people. One of the suspects was injured … Read more
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) reports on Saturday that 33 new corona patients have been reported to hospitals in the past 24 hours. On Friday there were 12. A total of 327 COVID patients are now in the hospital. The RIVM also reports that 1,887 new infections have been reported, … Read more
Children up to the age of thirteen no longer need to be tested for the corona virus in case of mild complaints. Minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Health) announced this during a press conference on Friday evening. Children who, for example, have a cold, have a starting sore throat or have a snot nose, are … Read more
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) on Friday demanded a life sentence against father Camil A. and his sons Dejan and Denis for shooting four people in a grow shop in Enschede. “There was no sudden explosion of violence here. The suspects knew what they were going to do there,” said the prosecutor. The victims, Maijkel … Read more
The police arrested two men on Wednesday who were tearing at high speed on motorcycles on the A16 from Breda to Rotterdam. Images of their ride appeared on social media last month. The motorcyclists are suspected of attempted manslaughter and displaying deliberate life-threatening driving behavior, police reported Thursday. It concerns a 24-year-old from Rotterdam and … Read more
Seventeen doctors and nurses from the Haaglanden Medical Center (HMC) have tested positive for the corona virus, the hospital reports website. Last weekend, ten healthcare workers in the cardiac and cardiology ward were found to have become infected with the virus. The HMC then decided to have all employees who perform clinical cardiology work and … Read more
Police officers arrested four men along the A16 near Zevenbergschen Hoek on Tuesday for kidnapping and injuring a sixty-year-old man from Bergen op Zoom, the police reported on Wednesday. Officers wanted to check a car with a Spanish license plate on Tuesday afternoon around 4:30 PM. When the officers stopped the vehicle at a gas … Read more
Lawyer Leon van Kleef asked the court on Wednesday to further investigate the arrest of his client Khalid J. at the beginning of this year in Dubai after shadowing his lawyers in that country, including Van Kleef himself. The lawyer says that justice has wrongly established a link between J. and Ridouan T., with all … Read more
The growing number of infections must be closely monitored, according to Aura Timen of the RIVM, as well as the increase in the number of cases among people over 70. But for the time being the situation is under control, says the head of the Center for National Coordination of Infectious Disease Control on Tuesday … Read more