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Explosion sparks fire at psychiatric facility in Barendrecht

A fire broke out Tuesday evening at a psychiatric care facility in Barendrecht after an explosive device was thrown at the building’s entrance. The fire started at approximately 8:30 p.m. at the entrance of the Yulius psychiatric care facility on Dennenhout. Emergency services responded quickly, escalating the response to a “medium fire” level within six minutes. “With the coordinated efforts …

Barendrecht man "deeply regrets" sexually abusing around 30 children

The 45-year-old man from Barendrecht suspected of sexually abusing dozens of children “deeply regrets” what he’s done, he said at the first hearing in the case against him on Friday. The authorities are still investigating and more victims may be identified, but the number is now around 30, the Public Prosecution Service said in the Rotterdam court, RTL Nieuws reports. …

Children Victims Man Barendrecht

At least 31 victims in Barendrecht child sex abuse case, many from same families

The police have now identified 31 children who were sexually abused by a 45-year-old Barendrecht man, usually when they visited his children for sleepovers. The case came to light in September when two girls having a sleepover with the man’s children woke up unexpectedly while he was sexually abusing them. The Barendrecht man turned himself in a short time later …

Children Child Man Barendrecht

The 45-year-old man from Barendrecht arrested last week in connection with a series of suspected sex attacks on children has admitted to abusing 19. Most of the children were coming towards the end of their time in primary school, he reportedly told the police, indicating they were around 11. One neighbour told NOS the man and his wife came to …

Barendrecht film digitizer Bas Romeijn has discovered previously unseen footage of Rotterdam shortly after the blitz on 14 May 1940. The five-minute-long montage shows the smoldering remains of various locations in Rotterdam city center, Rijnmond reports. You see people walking around in shock.” Romeijn discovered the footage in the estate of amateur filmmaker Joop Stolk, which he is working through …

Albert Heijn to open robotic home shop center in Barendrecht next year

Albert Heijn will open an automated Home Shop Center in Barendrecht next year. “In this new Home Shop Center, innovation and sustainability come together,” said Albert Heijn CEO Marit van Egmond, calling them the main themes in the supermarket’s goal to make better food accessible for everyone. “We look forward to working with Swisslog, whose smart automation solution makes work …

Most of the some 9,200 polling stations opened smoothly and on time on the last day of voting in the 2021 parliamentary election on Wednesday, though there were a few that faced some start-up problems. Barendrecht had the most problems, with 20 out of its 24 polling stations opening late, Rijnmond reports. A polling station in Haarlem opened two hours …

An ambulance driver and a police officer were assaulted by a 47-year-old motorist from Barendrecht in Zuid-Holland on Friday. The paramedic was kicked, after which he was no longer able to drive his vehicle. “He then walked to the emergency services and that seemed to go well, until he suddenly kicked the paramedic in the chest with a straight leg,” …