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Courts, Rail Operators and Police Mark Key Moves in Dutch Safety Cases

Officials prioritize due process, infrastructure recovery, public order across concurrent cases.

Overview

  • Arnhem court held a case‑management hearing in the Pannerden killing, kept three suspects in custody and approved new witness requests, with the next pro forma date set for January 29, 2026.
  • Defense in the Pannerden case seeks to add prior threat reports and to hear a neighborhood officer, while Pieter Baan Centrum examinations have been completed but their findings will surface at a later stage.
  • Train services between Utrecht and Den Bosch resumed around 00:30 after extensive repairs and testing near Meteren, as the Dutch Safety Board ended its separate probe and ProRail continued its own investigation.
  • Tilburg police released the name and photo of suspected shooter Badr Wong Tham Soeng after a residential gunfire incident that injured two men who were later arrested, and the mayor ordered a two‑week closure of a house on Corellistraat.
  • Rotterdam investigators appealed for witnesses in the IJsselmonde fatal shooting after five arrestees were released but remained suspects, while a separate DNA lead led to ten converted gas‑alarm pistols seized in The Hague and one arrest.