Overview
- A coordinated group action in Overasselt led to the death of security guard Berry Leenders and left two police officers seriously wounded during an attack on a house linked to convicted drugs criminal Jan G.
- Media reconstructions of a roughly 1,600-page criminal file report suspects were recruited and instructed via Signal and Snapchat, including a message offering “10K per man,” and that participants met in a Belgian shed where phones and IDs were taken.
- Investigators say weapons, gloves and masks were distributed before the operation and chat messages discussed causing lethal harm, but suspect statements in the dossier have not been tested in court and are not proven facts.
- Police have arrested about 32 men of several nationalities, including two minors, and they face investigations for murder or manslaughter and for shooting at responding officers.
- Separately, prosecutors decided not to charge officers in a prior Rozenburg shooting after a Rijksrecherche inquiry, while arrestatieteams carried out near‑simultaneous raids in Eindhoven and Tilburg and other high‑profile prosecutions remain active, contributing to heightened local safety concerns.