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Five Held After Doetinchem AZC Protest Turns Violent as Cities Probe Blasts, Tighten Security

Preventive powers expand following unrest, explosions.

Overview

  • Five suspects remain in custody after Thursday night’s unrest in Doetinchem over a temporary shelter for about 100 people, on suspicion of assault, vandalism, incitement and disobeying police; one officer may have hearing damage and another was slightly injured.
  • Following the council’s approval of three-year reception at Terborgseweg 138, demonstrators threw heavy fireworks and stones and the ME cleared the square; seven arrests were made in total and more may follow, police said.
  • In Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, hundreds demonstrated against a planned site for 300 statushouders and so‑called kansrijke asylum seekers, with police and the ME on scene to guide the gathering.
  • Police in Delft are investigating an overnight explosion and small fire at a previously sealed home on Roodborstlaan and are seeking footage after two suspects fled toward Vinkenlaan; in Veendam, investigators confirmed a recent house blast was caused by heavy fireworks (Cobra).
  • Zwijndrecht’s mayor linked a stabbing and a separate explosion to rival youth groups and designated four preventive search zones, issuing behavioral orders and deploying mobile cameras.