Overview
- Late on Friday police say The Best Barbershop in Vlaardingen was shot at and a branch in Rotterdam‑Zuid was hit by an explosion, with no arrests reported so far.
- Vlaardingen mayor Frederik Zevenbergen ordered the affected Vlaardingen shop closed for two weeks to protect residents and said the repeated attacks must stop.
- Investigators are treating the two incidents as related leads to follow while the Public Prosecution Service and the NFI continue complex forensic work on other cases such as the January Utrecht Visscherssteeg explosion that will take at least six more months.
- Separate public‑order incidents — including a large youth brawl in Arnhem that led to fast‑track prosecutions and extended detentions — show rising local violence and swift prosecutorial responses in some cases.
- Security experts warned that reports of drones over the Eemshaven lack clear facts and urged better airspace monitoring and clearer government communication to reduce speculation and public unease.