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Netherlands Public Safety Update: Rail Route Reopens, Court Sets Next Steps in Pannerden Killing, Broadcaster Battles Hack

Authorities detail next steps across justice, transport, policing plus a cyberattack response.

Overview

  • At a planning hearing in Arnhem, judges kept three Pannerden murder suspects in custody as defense counsel sought to call a neighborhood officer about prior threats, with forensic psychiatric reports noted and the next pro forma set for January 29, 2026.
  • Train service between Den Bosch and Utrecht resumed at 00:30 after major repairs near Meteren, as the Dutch Safety Board ended its separate inquiry and ProRail said its own investigation will continue for about three months.
  • Regional broadcaster RTV Noord reported a hack that disrupted publishing and livestreams; radio and TV output continues via workarounds, experts are assisting, a message was found on servers, and police had not yet been engaged as recovery took priority.
  • Tilburg police named suspected gunman Badr Wong Tham Soeng in the Corellistraat shooting and warned he is armed, two wounded men were arrested on suspicion of involvement, and the mayor ordered a two‑week house closure with a neighborhood meeting planned.
  • Rotterdam-IJsselmonde detectives appealed for witnesses after a 20-year-old shooting victim died and five initially arrested people were released but remain suspects, while officers separately dismantled a Hellevoetsluis drug lab and seized ten converted pistols in The Hague after a DNA match.