Overview

• At the extra‑secure Schiphol court, the higher‑court hearing against nine defendants began with public questioning of Curaçao detainee Raily B., who exercised his right to remain silent; the session is slated to run nearly two weeks.
• Defendant Kamil E. told the court he was offered €80,000 to kill Peter R. de Vries, said he refused and was threatened, and acknowledged being the man seen on camera while acting as the driver.
• Roughly 90 residents were evacuated after a fire in a Slotermeer apartment block, where police later confirmed one fatality and several minor injuries; a second blaze on the same floor started when a pan was left on during the evacuation.
• Amsterdam’s mayor ordered a three‑month closure of a home on Gerrit van den Boschpad in Gein after two explosions despite temporary camera surveillance and the delivery of a bullet letter.
• Police issued suspect descriptions after a stabbing near Mercatorplein in which an initial victim was attacked without apparent provocation and two café patrons who intervened were also injured.