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Lighting a candle.
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Rudi Bakker, fireworks director behind 2000 Enschede blast that killed 23, dies at 63
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Cropped shot of lawyer using laptop and lady justice statue on table.
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19-year-old sentenced to four months for shooting fireworks at police in Schiedam
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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New Year’s fireworks cause €9 million in private damage, tens of millions for businesses
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Ambulance in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Dutch surgeons report 93 fireworks injuries, many severe, mostly young victims
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Fireworks set off at the turn of the new year near a police station. 1 January 2023
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After chaotic New Year’s, authorities say fireworks ban alone won’t stop violence
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A police detention cell
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Suspect arrested after teenage boy killed in Nijmegen fireworks accident
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Fires, police attacked with fireworks in overnight chaos at Amsterdam’s Floradorp
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
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Fire Service chair warns public: Respect first responders during last year of fireworks
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Explosion shattered the windows of a sandwhich shop on Plantage Kerklaan in Amsterdam, 2 September 2025
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Explosive attacks rise in Netherlands as officials demand stricter EU fireworks rules
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
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The Hague police chief expects officers to be injured during New Year’s Eve unrest
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Dutch hospitals brace for final year of consumer fireworks as national ban looms
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Roofs after an explosion
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Neighbors, not criminals, behind rising number of explosions in Oost-Nederland
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Fireworks set off at the turn of the new year near a police station. 1 January 2023
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Fireworks industry demands €895 million in compensation if national ban is enforced
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A bulletproof and stab-resistant vest worn by Dutch police officers. November 2023
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Police officers attacked with fireworks outside Naaldwijk café; No arrests made
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The Ajax logo outside of the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam. 23 March 2019
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Security measures tightened for Ajax-AZ match amid concerns over fan violence
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Dutch police don't want to work over New Year's due to fireworks
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Young man at a doctor's consultation
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Record number of firework-related eye injuries during New Year's celebrations
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Interior view of the empty AFAS Stadion on Oct. 3, 2013 in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
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Police to conduct preventive searches ahead of AZ-AS Roma match in Alkmaar
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Police officers
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15 arrested in explosive attack crackdown
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
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Dutch lawmakers renew push for nationwide fireworks ban
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Man sentenced to six months for throwing fireworks at police in the Hague
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Illegal Cobra fireworks
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300 kilos of illegal fireworks seized in Winterswijk residential area; two arrested
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A surgical team at work during an operation.
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Fireworks injuries far more severe this year than previous New Year’s, surgeons say
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
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National police radio system crashed during turbulent New Year’s