Overview
- Prosecutors presented screenshots found on the phone of alleged opdrachtgever Moshtag B. that he acknowledged in court, and the court agreed to expand the evidence file despite objections from defence lawyers.
- The court read detailed victim and family statements about the December 7, 2024 explosion at the Tarwekamp bridal shop that killed six people and left survivors and relatives to testify further next week.
- Police made large seizures of illegal heavy fireworks as part of intensified pre-year‑end enforcement, including 880 cobra rockets, roughly 120 kg of shells and mortar tubes from a garagebox in Arkel and 710 cobra rockets plus 37 shells in two homes in Breda, with several arrests reported.
- A protest in Bunschoten against asylum reception turned violent when demonstrators set off and threw heavy fireworks at the town hall, causing soot damage and drawing condemnation from Mayor Jaco Geurts while the municipality must submit a plan under the national Spreidingswet by 19 November.
- A very large industrial fire at the Joco site in Assen produced wide smoke and triggered an NL‑Alert advising residents to close windows and turn off ventilation as emergency services work to contain the blaze.