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Fatal Rotterdam Shooting, Teen Arrests and Home Blasts Cap Volatile Weekend Across Dutch Cities

Police shift to gathering witness tips, CCTV, forensic leads.

Overview

  • Police confirmed the woman shot at Rotterdam’s Kralingseplein died on Sunday, and a man from Nijmegen is in custody as detectives continue the homicide investigation.
  • Two suspects arrested after the Schiedam Spaland shopping-centre shooting are 16 and 17 years old, from Lelystad and Rotterdam, and no gunshot victim has been located.
  • After a destructive overnight blast at a Lisse flat on Rembrandtplein, officers found a suspected explosive on Patrijsstraat before dawn Monday, evacuated homes and arrested two people while appealing for camera footage.
  • An explosion damaged a residence on Henk Miliusstraat in Hoogvliet around 02:45 Monday with no arrests reported, following a separate blast a night earlier on Kolbleistraat.
  • Targeted enforcement in Rotterdam led to five arrests and the seizure of shopping bags with cash and drugs in Zuidwijk, plus a large haul of machetes, axes and firearms in Overschie, as a separate A1 truck crash at knooppunt Beekbergen caused major delays after a diesel spill.