Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
CCd75ZpUAAAA2E_
A member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (Picture: Twitter/@Corvettemichel) - Credit: A member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (Picture: Twitter/@Corvettemichel)
Crime
Amsterdam
Delflandplein
explosive
EOD
ATM
ATM bombing
police
Monday, 3 December 2018 - 07:28

Share this article:

Explosive removed from Amsterdam ATM

The Ministry of Defense's explosive disposal team removed an explosive from an ATM on Delflandplein in Amsterdam on Sunday, following a failed ATM bombing early on Sunday morning. The explosive in question had not detonated, NU.nl reports.

The police received a report of a loud bang on the square at around 6:40 a.m. Responding officers found that the bang came from an attempt to blow an ATM open with explosives. Defense's explosives experts were called in and found that one of the explosives had not detonated. The explosive was removed and safely detonated elsewhere. The area was released around 11:40 a.m.

Only the ATM itself was damaged in the bombing.

The police are investigating. So far no arrests were made.

More like this

Image
Explosion shattered the windows of a sandwhich shop on Plantage Kerklaan in Amsterdam, 2 September 2025
Fourth explosive on Amsterdam city center street in a week; One arrested
Image
A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
Explosive attack on ATM leaves 14 homes damaged in Amsterdam
Image
Dutch police station.
Explosive found in confiscated scooter; Amsterda police station evacuated
Image
One entrance to the Amsterdam Zuid train station in 2022
No trains running to and from Amsterdam-Zuid over ATM bombing
Make NL Times your top Google source

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Stretch your holiday pay: Bunq makes vakantiegeld last with 2.51% savings interest promo
  • British man, 21, missing since Rotterdam TwitchCon visit found dead
  • Esther Ouwehand steps down as Partij voor de Dieren leader after seven years
  • British man stabbed to death in Heerhugowaard was wanted for Amsterdam double murder
  • Dutch poet laureate Lieke Marsman dead at age 35 after lengthy fight against cancer

Top stories

  • Dutch companies imported €2 billion worth of dangerous designer drugs from India
  • Rate of birth complications higher in poorer neighborhoods
  • At least 8 Dutch men suspected of drugging, raping, filming their wives, girlfriends
  • Court rules Ye can remain in Netherlands for Arnhem performances this week
  • New A'dam coalition planning parking +tourist tax hike, free public transport for kids

© 2012-2026, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Change Privacy Settings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Partner Content