Overview
- Utrecht safety officials declared the Rhenen blaze under control around 2:13 a.m., with the owners reporting 70–80 vehicles lost as arson is ruled out and the cause remains unknown.
- The Rijksrecherche’s interim review found the involved officers acted properly in the recent The Hague pursuit, with the car speeding before a stop signal; three young adults died and one passenger survived.
- At the Stint trial in Den Bosch, the court heard the user manual was edited on September 20, 2018 to remove a reference to the EU Machinery Directive before being sent to regulators, with designers denying any intent to mislead.
- The presiding judge apologized after tension over questions about a hypothetical emergency-stop button, acknowledging concerns about perceived bias and allowing the case to proceed.
- Elsewhere, three were injured on the A16 near Breda where a van driver tested positive for drugs; police arrested two after a Rotterdam-IJsselmonde supermarket robbery; two suspects were held over a Zuidland warehouse break-in with the seized contents unconfirmed.