Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Dutch police crime scene tape
Stock image of Dutch police crime scene tape twixx DepositPhotos Deposit Photos
Crime
1-1-2
hand grenade
journalist
bomb
Dagblad De Limburger
Sunday, December 27, 2020 - 14:00
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Hand grenade found in front of journalist's home

A hand grenade was found on Sunday morning at the house of a journalist from  De Limburger newspaper. It was discovered at the private address of crime reporter Jos Emonts in his hometown Neer. 

Emonts was walking his dog in the morning when he found the grenade in front of his house. “I didn’t take it too seriously, took a picture of it and sent it to my brother. He said I should call the police anyway,” says Emonts, who has no idea why there might be an explosive device near his house. 

According to the journalist, the bomb was activated. The Explosive Disposal Service (EOD) will dismantle the device, and as a precaution, Emonts and his neighbors have been evacuated. 

Editor-in-chief of De Limburger, Bjorn Oostra, expresses his shock. “This is an attack on the free press and independent journalism. That’s the worst thing you can experience as a reporter.”

Oostra assumes that the grenade has something to do with the work of Emonts. But it is not known from what angle the threat has come. This is now being investigated. 
 

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. curfew implemented from Friday: report
  • Sharp increase in taxi drivers expelled for wrongdoing
  • Lower sentence for Dutch athlete's drug trafficking at Sziget
  • Netherlands vaccinated 77,000 against Covid through Sunday
  • Shots fired at Rotterdam restaurant
  • Bankers not punished for looking up details of suspect in Utrecht tram attack

Top Stories

  • 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. curfew implemented from Friday: report
  • Tuesday coronavirus tally at lowest point since Dec. 1
  • 10% of Dutch coronavirus infections last week tied to B117 mutation
  • New Covid measures to be announced in Wednesday press conference
  • Record increase in pension premiums this year
  • Primary school teachers increasingly concerned about kids falling behind

© 2012-2020 NLTimes.nl, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact