Overview

• At least three people were arrested in Houten after anti-azc demonstrators set off heavy fireworks, some thrown at police and counterprotesters, prompting deployment of the Mobile Unit.
• In Uithoorn, a council committee meeting was closed to press and public for safety; later, several hundred protesters moved into a nearby neighborhood where the Mobile Unit pursued groups and made arrests.
• Urk saw fires and heavy fireworks at the De Akkers rotonde and hostile graffiti targeting LGBTQ people and police, which the mayor condemned while noting no immediate arrests and ongoing inquiries.
• Police in Boxmeer identified the man found dead in a roadside car as a 39-year-old without a fixed address, are treating the case as a likely homicide, and say the Mazda CX-3 was stolen and on false plates.
• In Oss, witnesses reported a group pulling three men from a car and beating and stabbing them; two victims with stab wounds were hospitalized as investigators gather evidence.