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Dutch Police Make Arrests After Utrecht Shooting as Kidnapping Probe Widens

Detectives link the Hoofddorp disappearance to an international hard‑drugs dispute, with six suspects in custody and cross‑border cooperation under way.

Overview

  • Three suspects were detained over the Bartoklaan shooting in Utrecht after a pursuit to Amsterdam‑Zuidoost, where officers seized a car containing a Kalashnikov and other suspected weapons.
  • The targeted apartment showed more than twenty bullet impacts, no injuries were reported, and the area remained sealed for forensic investigation.
  • Six people have been arrested in the Hoofddorp kidnapping case, including one suspect held in Belgium, while the missing 49‑year‑old woman has not been found.
  • A 23‑year‑old cyclist was killed in Barendrecht and a 60‑year‑old driver was taken into custody, with local police reporting alcohol involvement.
  • Police made about 29 arrests around an anti‑immigration protest in Amsterdam for offenses including public‑order violations and fireworks, enforcing a designated safety‑risk zone with preventive searches.