Amsterdam disaster averted: Car bomb targetting blogger as powerful as 40 grenades
7 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam disaster averted: Car bomb targetting blogger as powerful as 40 grenades

NL Times  

If bystanders hadn't noticed something strange underneath crime writer Martin Kok's car on Amsteldijk in Amsterdam on July 2nd last year, many people may have been hurt. The explosive planted under the car had the strength of about 40 hand grenades, the police said on Tuesday after doing a reconstruction of the explosion that may have happened. On Monday the police planted the same type of bomb on an Opel Corsa, like the one Kok was driving on July 2nd, and detonated it. The police believe he planted the bomb under Kok's car.

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Violence in Amsterdam-Noord: home is struck by explosion and shot at within 24 hours
1 week ago

Violence in Amsterdam-Noord: home is struck by explosion and shot at within 24 hours

NL Times  

A home on the Krabbendamstraat in Amsterdam-Noord was struck by an explosion in the evening hours of Tuesday leading into Wednesday. Police arrested one suspect after the shooting on Monday evening. Several people were inside the home watching TV when it was shot at with the use of an automatic weapon. Another incident occurred in Amsterdam-Noord on 02:45 a.m. on …

Car spotted leaving The Hague explosion site at high speed
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Car spotted leaving The Hague explosion site at high speed

Dutch News  

Police in The Hague are asking for eyewitnesses and camera footage, saying a car was seen driving away at high speed from this morning’s explosion at an apartment complex in the Mariahoeve district of the city. As yet is is unclear how many people were in the apartments at the time of the blast but according to the Telegraaf, the …

Extensive damage caused by ATM bombing in Amsterdam Nieuw-West
2 years, 8 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 …

Netherlands bomb: Man spends hours lying on top of grenade in Dutch city
6 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands bomb: Man spends hours lying on top of grenade in Dutch city

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man is being treated …

Possible hand grenade found in front of Amsterdam home
6 years, 3 months ago

Possible hand grenade found in front of Amsterdam home

NL Times  

Another explosive was found in Amsterdam, this time in front of a home on Westerduinenstraat. In October hand grenades were found on Bijlmerplein and in front of a hotel near one of the southern entrances of Vondelpark, an explosive was found in front of a business on Lemelerbergweg in Zuidoost, and a firebomb was thrown into restaurant Hotel Buiten on …

Yet another hand grenade found in Amsterdam Zuidoost
6 years, 4 months ago

Yet another hand grenade found in Amsterdam Zuidoost

NL Times  

The police again discovered a hand grenade on Bijlmerplein in Amsterdam Zuidoost. The explosive was found around 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, in the same spot where another grenade was found last week, according to AT5. This is the fourth explosive found in Amsterdam in eight days, and the umpteenth since early last year. Last week a hand grenades were found …

Explosion at Amsterdam restaurant; third explosive in two days
6 years, 7 months ago

Explosion at Amsterdam restaurant; third explosive in two days

NL Times  

An explosive went off in front of the Marovaan restaurant on Johan Huizingalaan at around 1:50 a.m. on Wednesday morning. This is the third explosive on an Amsterdam street in two days, and the third incident on Johan Huizingalaan in four days. The police also found an explosive at the front door of a building on Jan Evertsenstraat in Amsterdam-West …

Suspects arrested for placing bomb under crime writer's car
7 years, 9 months ago

Suspects arrested for placing bomb under crime writer's car

NL Times  

The police arrested two suspects in connection with a bomb planted under crime writer Martin Kok's car in Amsterdam in July last year. On Monday a 49-year-old man from Zuid-Holland was arrested, and on Tuesday night a 26-year-old man from Utrecht, te police said in a statement on Friday. The 26-year-old from Utrecht is suspected of planting the bomb while …

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