Explosion in Rotterdam home injures man; Cause of blast not known
2 years, 10 months ago

Explosion in Rotterdam home injures man; Cause of blast not known

NL Times  

A man was injured in an explosion in a house in Rotterdam early Sunday morning. The explosion happened around 2:20 a.m. Sunday in a house on Piet Paaltjensplein in the Spangen district. At about the same time, guns were fired at a home in the nearby Bospolder-Tussendijken district on Jan Kobellstraat, Rijnmond reported. On Saturday at around 4 a.m., an explosive was thrown through the window of a nearby building on Jan Luykenstraat in the same district.

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Gunshot critically hurts man, 81, in new random Rotterdam shooting; Two killed earlier
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2 days, 7 hours ago

Gunshot critically hurts man, 81, in new random Rotterdam shooting; Two killed earlier

NL Times  

Police in Rotterdam were investigating a seemingly random shooting that left an 81-year-old man badly wounded on Bommelerwaard. It was the third shooting in the past two weeks in the IJsselmonde District, with one man killed in each of the two previous incidents. Surveillance footage showed the 58-year-old victim walking across the Cornelis van Beverenbrug, followed by a second man …

Explosions in the Netherlands double from previous year; Rotterdam tops list
4 days, 7 hours ago

Explosions in the Netherlands double from previous year; Rotterdam tops list

NL Times  

The number of explosions in the Netherlands surged dramatically in 2024, with at least 877 incidents recorded compared to 380 in 2023, according to a press release by ANP. In October alone, 120 explosions occurred, the highest number ever recorded in a single month since the ANP began tracking such incidents. Examples include Greta Hofstralaan in Vlaardingen, where four explosions …

Overnight explosions hit Apeldoorn family crisis center, homes in Rotterdam & Zwijndrecht
4 days, 7 hours ago

Overnight explosions hit Apeldoorn family crisis center, homes in Rotterdam & Zwijndrecht

NL Times  

A series of overnight explosions across the Netherlands have left several buildings damaged but fortunately caused no injuries. The blasts occurred in multiple locations, including a family crisis center in Apeldoorn, residential areas in Zwijndrecht and Rotterdam, and an apartment building in Amersfoort. In Apeldoorn, two loud explosions rocked the JP van den Bent Foundation's short-term care facility on the …

Man injured while planting explosive on car in Rotterdam
1 week, 2 days ago

Man injured while planting explosive on car in Rotterdam

NL Times  

A 27-year-old man was injured in the early hours of Wednesday while placing an explosive near a car in Rotterdam, according to local police. Emergency services were alerted around 2 a.m. about a man with a heavily bleeding leg on Adriaen van der Doeslaan in the Hillegersberg-Schiebroek neighborhood. Police said initial findings quickly made the injured man a suspect. "This …

Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout
1 week, 3 days ago

Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout

NL Times  

Authorities are investigating a series of explosions and the discovery of an explosive device in three Dutch towns over consecutive nights, raising concerns about public safety. Less than 24 hours later, in the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 22, another explosion rocked a multi-tenant business complex on Rijksstraatweg in Sassenheim. In response to the incidents, Mayor Carla Breuer of Teylingen, …

The Hague explosions may be criminal, public prosecutor says
3 weeks, 5 days ago

The Hague explosions may be criminal, public prosecutor says

Dutch News  

The cause of the explosions which killed at least five people in The Hague and injured a further four early on Saturday morning is still unclear, but there are indications the blasts had a criminal origin, chief public prosecutor Margreet Froberg told reporters on Sunday evening. Two major crimes teams have been set up, one to look into the cause …

Netherlands: Huge explosion collapses portion of three-storey apartment in Hague, many feared trapped
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Netherlands: Huge explosion collapses portion of three-storey apartment in Hague, many feared trapped

Hindustan Times  

An explosion hit the Netherlands capital Hague on Saturday, collapsing a portion of a three-storey apartment and injuring several people, the Associated Press reported. Firemen stand next to a partially collapsed residential building following a fire and an explosion in The Hague on December 7. Emergency rescue personnel said four people were rescued from under the rubble and expressed fear …

Series of explosions in Noord-Brabant, injured and houses damaged
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Series of explosions in Noord-Brabant, injured and houses damaged

NL Times  

A 50-year-old woman was seriously injured at a home on Onsenoortsestraat in Nieuwkuijk in Noord- Brabant on Friday night. An explosive detonated at the front door of the home around 2:30 a.m, the police reported. Another explosion took place In Deurne, Noord- Brabant, around 03:20 a.m. on Friday. Furthermore, in Geldrop, near Eindhoven, an explosive went off at around 04:30 …

Series of explosions in five Dutch cities, causing damage to houses
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Series of explosions in five Dutch cities, causing damage to houses

NL Times  

There were explosions in several places in the Netherlands during the night from Friday to Saturday. In Almere, a sushi restaurant on the Cinemadreef was severely damaged on Friday night around 10.50 p.m., Omroep Flevoland reported. Iets gehoord?https://t.co/vU5doS3yfG — Politie Flevoland March 16, 2024 Furthermore, there was a loud bang in a house in De Oeverloper in Dronten at around …

Video of fatal Rotterdam explosion shows mystery van’s narrow escape
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Video of fatal Rotterdam explosion shows mystery van’s narrow escape

NL Times  

Surveillance camera footage shows a white delivery van narrowly escaping a massive explosion on Schammenkamp in Rotterdam last week, which cost the lives of three people. The explosion happened at around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, January 29, in a building comprising businesses on the ground floor and apartments above. The police currently believe that one of the business premises in …

Multiple explosions in Rotterdam overnight; One in The Hague
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Multiple explosions in Rotterdam overnight; One in The Hague

NL Times  

It was a restless night in Zuid-Holland, with five explosions in the Rotterdam region and one in The Hague, the police reported. There were four explosions in Rotterdam overnight and one in Vlaardingen. The explosions in Rotterdam happened on Gouvernestraat in Oude West, Stockholmpad in Oosterflank, Kruiningenstraat in Pendrecht, and Buffelstraat in Kralingse Veer. I think very normal people live …

Explosions rattle Rotterdam, Almere & Zwijndrecht overnight
1 year ago

Explosions rattle Rotterdam, Almere & Zwijndrecht overnight

NL Times  

There were three more explosions in the Netherlands on Saturday evening. It was earlier reported that explosion incidents have tripled compared to last year, and it does not show any signs of stopping, with three more incidents occurring in Rotterdam-Zuid, Almere, and Zwijndrecht. The first explosion to be announced by police was at a porch house at the Persoonshaven in …

Two explosions in Rotterdam and one explosion in Dordrecht cause damage to homes
1 year ago

Two explosions in Rotterdam and one explosion in Dordrecht cause damage to homes

NL Times  

Two explosions took place overnight in Rotterdam-Zuid. Informatie deelt u met ons, 0900-8844 — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo December 10, 2023 Shortly after, a second explosion took place at around 02:10 a.m. on the Ooltgensplaatweg in the Pendrecht. Om 02.10 schrokken buurtbewoners aan de #ooltgensplaatweg in #Rotterdam wakker van een explosie. Als u info voor ons heeft horen wij het …

Series of explosions in Rotterdam causes damage to homes, no one injured
1 year, 1 month ago

Series of explosions in Rotterdam causes damage to homes, no one injured

NL Times  

An explosion occurred at a house in Schaepmanstraat in Rotterdam on Saturday evening. As a result of the explosion, the facade and front door of the house were badly damaged, the police said. https://twitter.com/010fotograaf/status/1720929424822907066 According to the broadcaster, witnesses reportedly saw two boys driving away on a scooter after the explosion. In another incident, an explosion took place in a …

Series of explosions at several homes in Zuid-Holland
1 year, 2 months ago

Series of explosions at several homes in Zuid-Holland

NL Times  

A house on Jan Palachstraat in The Hague was severely damaged by an explosion on Friday evening. Een woning aan de #JanPalachstraat in #DenHaag raakte gisteravond rond 19:00 uur flink beschadigd door een explosie. @POL_Segbroek https://t.co/ac8GvYw6Mb — Politie Eenheid Den Haag October 28, 2023 On the night of September 30 to October 1, an explosion also occurred in the same …

House damaged by explosion in Rotterdam; Explosion at home in Hoofddorp
1 year, 3 months ago

House damaged by explosion in Rotterdam; Explosion at home in Hoofddorp

NL Times  

An explosion took place at a house on Karmozijnbes in Rotterdam around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday. Bij een woning aan de Karmozaanbes in Rotterdam Ommoord ging rond 05.30 uur een explosief af. 09008844 of @M08007000 — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo October 1, 2023 The police have launched an investigation and are calling on witnesses to come forward. Another explosion took …

Residents overpower suspect after explosion in Rotterdam; fatal car accident in Ritthem
1 year, 3 months ago

Residents overpower suspect after explosion in Rotterdam; fatal car accident in Ritthem

NL Times  

In Rotterdam-West, local residents overpowered a suspicious person after another explosive went off at a house in Grasstraat on Saturday night. Around 4:30 a.m., observant local residents saw someone suspiciously hanging around the front door of a house and overpowered the perpetrator. Nadat vannacht al een eerste verdachte kon worden aanhouden na de #explosie bij een woning aan de #grasstraat …

Three explosions at Amsterdam housing complex this week; Another one in Rotterdam
1 year, 3 months ago

Three explosions at Amsterdam housing complex this week; Another one in Rotterdam

NL Times  

A housing complex on Charlotte Brontestraat in Amsterdam was targeted in three attacks with explosives this week. In the last one on Thursday afternoon, several people sustained minor injuries, the police said. At 00:15 a.m. on Thursday, a perpetrator broke the window to the housing complex’s central entrance hall and threw in a bottle with a flammable liquid. “There is …

Explosion in a shop in Rotterdam; house in Rotterdam-West shot at
1 year, 5 months ago

Explosion in a shop in Rotterdam; house in Rotterdam-West shot at

NL Times  

An explosion occurred at a telephone repair shop on Beijerlandselaan in the Rotterdam district of Hillesluis in the night from Saturday to Sunday around 01.25 a.m., the police reported. The police have not arrested anyone and are asking people who saw or heard anything or know more about the incident to contact them. In another incident, the front door of …

Additional police surveillance in Rotterdam neighborhoods targeted by explosions
1 year, 7 months ago

Additional police surveillance in Rotterdam neighborhoods targeted by explosions

NL Times  

The police are carrying out additional surveillance measures in the Rotterdam neighborhoods where explosions occurred on Friday night. According to Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, the increase in these incidents is related to the stricter approach to drug crime in the Rotterdam ports. "So many drugs are seized that drug criminals start blaming each other for why a load has disappeared," …

Rotterdam rocked by 7th explosion at a home in a week
1 year, 10 months ago

Rotterdam rocked by 7th explosion at a home in a week

NL Times  

An explosion blew the facade off a home on Pruimentuin in Rotterdam during the early hours of Friday morning. It was the seventh explosive attack on a Rotterdam home in seven days and the twelfth this month, Rijnmond reported. Later in the day, police announced two suspects in that case, saying they detained a 29 year old and a 21 …

Rotterdam record label hit by second explosion in one week
2 years, 1 month ago

Rotterdam record label hit by second explosion in one week

NL Times  

There was a possible explosion at a record label’s office on Hoogstraat in Rotterdam early this morning. The police confirmed that this was the second attack on the record label this week, though they didn’t call it an explosion but attempted arson. “Around 4:20 a.m., the window of the building, where a record label is located, was destroyed, and a …

Second explosion in week rocks Kleine-Gartmantplantsoen in Amsterdam
2 years, 4 months ago

Second explosion in week rocks Kleine-Gartmantplantsoen in Amsterdam

NL Times  

An explosion went off at the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen near the Leidseplein in Amsterdam early Saturday morning, just days after another explosion in the same area, according to AT5. According to the police, people nearby felt a the impact of the explosion in their bodies and the window of the targeted building –– a catering business –– was shattered. However, "it is …

Extensive damage caused by ATM bombing in Amsterdam Nieuw-West
2 years, 5 months ago

Extensive damage caused by ATM bombing in Amsterdam Nieuw-West

NL Times  

Explosives set off at an ATM in Amsterdam early Saturday morning caused a fire and an extensive amount of damage. Witnesses said large black clouds of smoke emerged from the ensuing fire. The blast caused a fire in and around the machine,” police said in a statement about the 5:10 a.m. incident. “Surrounding homes were evacuated.” Pieces of the ATM …

Explosion in Huizen badly damaged home previously secured by police
2 years, 5 months ago

Explosion in Huizen badly damaged home previously secured by police

NL Times  

Residents of Huizen were startled by an explosion at a home on Roef during the early morning hours of Sunday. Police recently kept the home under guard, and last weekend the mayor ordered that property and another to be boarded up because of an unstated public threat. Just last weekend, the mayor of Huizen, Niek Meijer, ordered authorities to close …

Three people wounded by gunshots during Rotterdam riots
3 years, 1 month ago

Three people wounded by gunshots during Rotterdam riots

NL Times  

Police reported Saturday evening that during the riots Friday evening in Rotterdam, three rioters sustained bullets wounds. The fact that gunshot wounds injured a third person became known a day later because they were admitted to a hospital outside the Rotterdam region. Riots broke out on the Coolsingel in Rotterdam on Friday evening around 8 p.m. Police were pelted with …

Fatal shooting in Rotterdam same day as man found shot in Lijnden
3 years, 2 months ago

Fatal shooting in Rotterdam same day as man found shot in Lijnden

NL Times  

A 20-year-old man from Rotterdam was killed on Monday evening in the second shooting in the Netherlands that day. Early on Monday morning, a 29-year-old man from Amsterdam was found shot in a Lamborghini in Lijnden. "When my colleagues arrived at the scene, they found no one," Anna Wolff of the Rotterdam police told broadcaster NOS. The shooting in Lijnden …

21-year-old arrested for firework bombs in Rotterdam; further explosion in Amsterdam
3 years, 7 months ago

21-year-old arrested for firework bombs in Rotterdam; further explosion in Amsterdam

NL Times  

Police arrested a 21-year-old from Amsterdam on Friday for a series of explosions in Rotterdam earlier this week. In the early morning hours of May 5, a firework bomb caused extensive damage to a Feyenoord café at the Bierens de Haanweg in Rotterdam. On Friday morning, three further explosions occurred in different areas including a Feyenoord café in Rotterdam causing …

Explosion at Amsterdam home previously struck by bullets
4 years, 2 months ago

Explosion at Amsterdam home previously struck by bullets

NL Times  

There was an explosion at a home on Dijkmanshuizenstraat in Amsterdam early on Monday morning. This same home was targeted in a drive-by shooting in July, and their neighbors were the target of another explosion last week. Last week Wednesday, October 21, the authorities also responded to Dijkmanshuizenstraat after an explosion at around 4:00 a.m. Locals were woken by multiple …

Fourth suspect arrested following Rotterdam shootings, explosion
4 years, 6 months ago

Fourth suspect arrested following Rotterdam shootings, explosion

NL Times  

A 23-year-old man from Diemen was arrested on Tuesday morning in connection with a series of shooting incidents and a planned explosion in Rotterdam last month, the police have confirmed. While nobody was harmed in the incidents, the possible bombing attempt on Frits Ruysstraat resulted in Rotterdam's ​Kralingen-Crooswijk neighborhood being evacuated for several hours, with police detonating the explosive device …

Two hurt in Rotterdam gas leak explosion; Possibly intentional
4 years, 7 months ago

Two hurt in Rotterdam gas leak explosion; Possibly intentional

NL Times  

Two people were wounded Friday morning in Rotterdam when a forceful explosion in a flat blew out the apartment’s facade. A gas leak led to the explosion on Vignolastraat, according to the regional emergency services office. In een woning in een flatgebouw aan de Vignolastraat in Rotterdam heeft een explosie plaats gevonden. The fire was brought under control by 9:50 …

Bomb scare prompts evacuation on Rotterdam street hit with gunfire days earlier
4 years, 7 months ago

Bomb scare prompts evacuation on Rotterdam street hit with gunfire days earlier

NL Times  

An explosive device was found outside a cafe in Rotterdam's ​Kralingen-Crooswijk neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, prompting an immediate evacuation of the vicinity, the police have confirmed. They called for further assistance shortly after, and with the help from the local fire brigade and the military's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service, the device was removed and later detonated safely at the Park …

Explosion at Rotterdam home, multiple suspects arrested
4 years, 7 months ago

Explosion at Rotterdam home, multiple suspects arrested

NL Times  

There was an explosion at a home on Jagthuisstraat in Rotterdam early on Monday morning, the Rotterdam police said. Windows were also blown out of several neighboring homes and cars on the street, police said in a statement. A car matching that description was later found in Amsterdam and the two people inside were taken into custody, the police said. …

Explosive substance found in Groningen flat wrecked in blast; Two in custody
4 years, 8 months ago

Explosive substance found in Groningen flat wrecked in blast; Two in custody

NL Times  

Investigators looking into a Friday evening explosion at an apartment building in Groningen arrested two residents late Saturday night after finding an “explosive substance” at the scene. Once there, police said they found a situation which was suspicious enough it required them to evacuate the immediate surroundings, and contact the specialized explosives ordinance team for assistance. pic.twitter.com/drXg25Kkze — Rick ten …

AK47 fired in Rotterdam residential neighborhood on New Year's
4 years, 10 months ago

AK47 fired in Rotterdam residential neighborhood on New Year's

NL Times  

A video showing a man firing an AK47 in a residential neighborhood in Rotterdam Zuid over New Year's led to the arrests of two men for illegal firearm possession, the police said in a statement. The residents of the Rotterdam neighborhood seemingly did not notice the gunshots due to the fireworks being lit by others. Two Rotterdam residents, aged 19 …

Possible explosion at Eindhoven home: Resident extremely fearful of "targeted" attack
5 years, 1 month ago

Possible explosion at Eindhoven home: Resident extremely fearful of "targeted" attack

NL Times  

A possible explosion at a block of flats in Eindhoven has left residents shaken and concerned for their safety. Police told NL Times the apparent blast during the early morning hours on Saturday could have been caused by a heavy explosive, like a hand grenade or a Cobra-6 firework, but an initial investigation was inconclusive. Whatever took place created a …

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