Overview

• Fourteen suspects from the Malieveld unrest faced supersnelrecht; twelve were convicted to short jail or community sentences and two were acquitted, according to court reports.
• Pre-trial detention for six additional suspects was extended by 14 days as the large-scale investigation continues, with police preparing to publish images and urging tips via Opsporing Verzocht.
• Mayor Jan van Zanen’s facts report says tear gas was used to prevent serious injury to riot police, hundreds pushed into the city, the A12 was blocked, police vehicles were torched and the D66 office was damaged.
• The VNG sent a formal letter pressing the caretaker cabinet for immediate national regie, citing persistent overcrowding at Ter Apel, COA fines totaling €350,000, and escalating intimidation of local officials.
• Utrecht mayor Sharon Dijksma linked last week’s Overvecht stabbing to failures in the asylum chain and The Hague’s council opened a debate on preventing a repeat of the violence.