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 Rozenburg. NFI doet verder onderzoek naar het soort explosief via de restanten. #fritsruysstraat #explosie pic.twitter.com/VgsZ8GUERh — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo May 21, 2020 Residents were allowed back into the area within two hours of the device's discovery, police confirmed.

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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 …

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, …

Police arrest two Rotterdam men in Alblasserdam bomb plot attempts
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Police arrest two Rotterdam men in Alblasserdam bomb plot attempts

NL Times  

Two Rotterdam men, ages 18 and 20, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in two attempts to detonate an explosive device near a home in Alblasserdam earlier this month, police said Saturday. The arrests come after three other suspects, including a 29-year-old man from Dordrecht and two boys, ages 15 and 16, from Zwijndrecht and Rotterdam, were detained in …

Shootings leave one dead in Amsterdam-Oost, One hurt in Rotterdam-West
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Shootings leave one dead in Amsterdam-Oost, One hurt in Rotterdam-West

NL Times  

A suspected shooting left a man dead on the street in Amsterdam on Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, another man was injured in a separate shooting incident in Rotterdam, the police reported. The Amsterdam police responded to Pontanusstraat in the Oost district at around 10:30 p.m. after a report of a wounded man on the street. The police could …

Multiple shootings in Rotterdam lead to six arrests
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Multiple shootings in Rotterdam lead to six arrests

NL Times  

The Police arrested a total of six people suspected of being involved in two shootings in Rotterdam on Saturday night. Five men aged between 19 and 35, all from Schiedam, were arrested after shooting at a house in the Kerkhoflaan in Crooswijk at around 4 a.m. De politie is op zoek naar getuigen die meer weten over een schietincident aan …

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 …

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," …

Many Rotterdam explosions linked to port drug seizures, mayor says
1 year, 9 months ago

Many Rotterdam explosions linked to port drug seizures, mayor says

NL Times  

The increasing number of explosions in Rotterdam is due to the successful interception of drugs at the port of Rotterdam, according to mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb. Various parties in the Rotterdam city council wanted to know from Aboutaleb what is going on in the city, which has been increasingly shaken by explosions at homes in recent months. “The police and Public …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Dutch Police Fire Warning Shots as Covid-19 Riots Hit Rotterdam; 7 Injured, Including Cops
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch Police Fire Warning Shots as Covid-19 Riots Hit Rotterdam; 7 Injured, Including Cops

News 18  

Dutch police fired warning shots, injuring several people, after rioters against a partial Covid lockdown torched a police car and hurled stones in Rotterdam on Friday. Fireworks were set off and police fired several warning shots.” “There are injuries related to the fired shots,” they added. Dutch media said several hundred protesters shouted slogans including “freedom”, then threw stones at …

Rotterdam police open fire as protest over Covid curbs turns violent, 7 injured
3 years, 1 month ago

Rotterdam police open fire as protest over Covid curbs turns violent, 7 injured

Hindustan Times  

Seven people were injured as the Dutch Police fired at the protesters on Friday night who were opposing stricter Covid-19 measures imposed by the Netherlands government, the Daily Mail reported. The incident took place at Rotterdam; however, it is not clear what type of ammunition was used by the police, the Mail report said. The Rotterdam Police said that protesters …

Dutch police fire shots as COVID protests rock Rotterdam
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch police fire shots as COVID protests rock Rotterdam

Al Jazeera  

Dozens arrested and seven injured after protests against partial lockdown turn violent. The Dutch city’s Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters in the early hours of Saturday morning that “on a number of occasions the police felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves” as rioters ran rampage through the port city’s central shopping district, setting fires and throwing …

Police fire gunshots during Rotterdam Covid measures protest; Several hurt
3 years, 1 month ago

Police fire gunshots during Rotterdam Covid measures protest; Several hurt

NL Times  

The police in Rotterdam fired multiple warning shots during riots on the Coolsingel, a main road in the center of the city. Broadcaster NOS said two people were hurt after police fired targeted shots. “A demonstration on the Coolsingel resulted in rioting,” police said on social media. “Partly due to the situation in the city, no replacement service buses are …

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 …

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. …

Man shot dead on Rotterdam street
4 years, 7 months ago

Man shot dead on Rotterdam street

NL Times  

Multiple gunshots rang out in Rotterdam Noord on Sunday night leaving one man dead. “It happened about thirty meters from my door,” said one witness, local VVD party chair Vincent Karremans to broadcaster Rijnmond. “I went outside and saw someone lying lifeless on the street.” Police said it was a miracle more people were not hurt in the shooting, according …

Mail bomb found at Rotterdam sorting center; gas station returned it to sender
4 years, 11 months ago

Mail bomb found at Rotterdam sorting center; gas station returned it to sender

NL Times  

A mail bomb was intercepted at a post sorting center in Rotterdam on Sunday. The bomb was originally sent to a gas station in the city and the staff returned it to its sender, without knowing the letter contained a bomb, the police said to NU.nl. The gas station staff only realized this involved a mail bomb after a threatening …

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 …

Rush hour shooting in Rotterdam and carjacking likely related: Police
5 years, 3 months ago

Rush hour shooting in Rotterdam and carjacking likely related: Police

NL Times  

Multiple shots were fired on Kreefstraat in Rotterdam, near the Alexandrium shopping center, on Tuesday morning. Witnesses told Rijnmond.nl that someone opened fire on a black Range Rover from another car. The two people inside the Range Rover were taken into custody, police later said. Reporter Robert Bas told NOS that this looked like an attempted assassination on the two …

Rotterdam Metro stabbing on Monday kills one: Suspect on the run
5 years, 3 months ago

Rotterdam Metro stabbing on Monday kills one: Suspect on the run

NL Times  

A person was stabbed to death at the Capelsebrug subway station in Rotterdam on Monday morning following what witnesses described as a scuffle. Emergency services, including a trauma team by helicopter, responded to the subway station on Abraham van Rijckevorseplein just before 10:00 a.m. First responders tried to resuscitate the victim, but it was to no avail. Some witnesses had …

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