Overview
- A 65-year-old man found unconscious in a Schiedam home died after resuscitation, and a 64-year-old woman present was arrested as police investigate the circumstances.
- After an early-morning blast damaged multiple homes at a Doetinchem apartment block, police appealed for witnesses and footage, while Rotterdam-Alexander recorded a second entrance-door explosion in a week.
- Police said three suspects were arrested in a Rotterdam call center linked to “fake agent” and bank-helpdesk scams traced to an October case in Harderwijk, and urged the public not to share data with callers spoofing numbers resembling 112.
- A major gas main was ruptured during works on Nijverheidsweg in Mijdrecht, closing the road for hours as Stedin technicians and firefighters worked to stop the leak.
- Dense mist and several accidents produced one of the year’s worst traffic jams, with the ANWB reporting up to 1,193 kilometers of congestion during the evening peak before conditions eased.