Overview

• Police cleared the Goudsmitpaviljoen at Radboud University overnight, deploying bomb disposal and riot units and arresting 23 pro-Palestine protesters who remained in custody Wednesday morning.
• University officials warned of explosion risk if magnet laboratory equipment were damaged, prompting a GRIP-2 escalation with a hazardous‑materials adviser and specialist rescue teams on standby.
• An Amsterdam high‑rise fire on Harry Koningsbergerstraat left one person dead and all 120 apartments inaccessible as Salvage assesses damage; investigators have not yet identified the victim or the cause.
• A separate blaze in Amsterdam’s Oosterparkbuurt rendered three homes uninhabitable; five residents were evacuated and assessed for smoke inhalation but did not require hospital treatment.
• A signal failure near Schiphol traced to a broken rail spool cut train services to roughly 40–50% for the day, with repairs scheduled overnight and delays on routes including Rotterdam–Leiden–Schiphol and Hoofddorp–Schiphol–Amsterdam–Hoorn.