The Public Prosecution Service has demanded a prison sentence of ten years and TBS with compulsory treatment against a man from Zoetermeer for shooting the Saudi Arabian embassy in The Hague. The 40-year-old suspect has previously confessed that he was the shooter, but later denied that.
On November 12 last year, 29 bullets were fired at the embassy building in The Hague. The suspect was arrested the same day. His DNA was found on one of the casings.
The suspect had previously been fined for daubing the building. He was angry because the embassy refused to allow him to visit Saudi Arabia, while he wanted to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at all costs. By shooting, he wanted to force that Saudi Arabia would still allow him, the justice system says.
“The impact of the shelling was great. It was an act directly against another state. A state that must be able to count on safe representation in the Netherlands,” says the Public Prosecution Service.
Attempted homicide
According to the Public Prosecution Service, the suspect had terrorist intent with his act. The OM suspects him in addition to the shooting of attempted murder of the guard of the building, writes Broadcasting West. “That the guard did not lose his life is mainly luck,” says the officer.
According to psychological and psychiatric research, the man suffers from delusions of grandeur and has reduced responsibility, but the judiciary says the man knew what he was doing. The officer also sees a great risk of recurrence.
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