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Two Bedum Arson Suspects Held for 14 Days After Sports Hall Fire

The ruling follows an inquiry that draws on social-media footage, with police not ruling out additional suspects.

Overview

  • An investigating magistrate in Groningen ordered the pair to remain in custody for the next fourteen days.
  • The detainees are an 18-year-old man and a minor, both residents of Bedum.
  • Sporthal De Vlijt was destroyed in a New Year’s Eve fire that police say appears to be deliberate.
  • Social-media video is part of the evidence under review and has reinforced the arson suspicion, according to officials.
  • In about two weeks the magistrate will consider a possible 90-day extension of pretrial detention, and police say further arrests are not excluded.