Overview
- Multiple units and a police helicopter are searching Beneden-Leeuwen for a man suspected of assaulting and threatening a woman.
- Officers searched several backyards and cordoned the area around Brouwersstraat, and the nearby roundabout by a gas station was closed.
- Police briefly had the suspect in sight during a pursuit before his car crashed on Van Heemstraweg near a filling station, after which he fled on foot.
- The woman has been moved to safety and, as of the latest update, the suspect has not been arrested.
- Authorities say misinformation shared in WhatsApp groups is false and ask anyone who sees the man to call 112, noting it is unknown whether he is armed.