Overview

• Five men arrested during the Houten protest remain in custody after ME intervention, with offenses including setting off fireworks and public violence as crowds shrank from about 300 to 100.
• Uithoorn barred press and public from a council commission meeting for safety, and later ME units pursued anti-azc demonstrators into a residential area where arrests were made.
• Police identified the man found dead in a car near Boxmeer as a 39-year-old without fixed address and say he likely died in a crime; the stolen Mazda had false plates and witnesses are sought.
• In Oss, three men were injured when a group allegedly pulled them from a car and beat and stabbed them, sending two victims to hospital as the investigation continues.
• Veenendaal logged a third vehicle fire in short order, with police probing possible arson in at least one case and saying no link between the incidents has been established so far.