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Photo of Sawsan Mhamdi who disappeared from Reuver on 16 June 2022, and was found dead in Germany
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Femicide: Dutch man sentenced to 21.5 years for killing wife, burning her body
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Lady Justice in Netherlands
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Amsterdam murder suspect denies killing his partner as court extends pretrial detention
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Domestic violence.
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Government proposes criminalizing psychological abuse, tougher domestic violence laws
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Man jailed for 21 years after strangling ex-girlfriend with dog chain in femicide case
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Man gets 30 years for fatal shooting of woman in Rijswijk, witnessed by 4-year-old son
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
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81-year-old sentenced to 10 years prison after killing wife, 72, over lack of sex
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Prosecutors seek 30 years for man who shot neighbor in front of her 4-year-old son
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45-year-old woman found dead in Helmond home; man with no fixed residence arrested
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Walibi Holland Entrance, May 18, 2018.
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Walibi Fright Nights ad becomes most complained-about commercial of 2025
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Red shoes placed in a protest to represent the victims of femicide
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Dutch courts don't have clear definition of femicide, rarely use the term in rulings
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
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OM handled over 200,000 cases last year including 15 femicides; More teenage suspects
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Ilenia Panzolini, a 45-year-old Italian, was killed at home in Madurastraat in Amsterdam-Oost on April 17.
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Italian woman, 45, identified as Amsterdam-Oost murder victim; Husband is a suspect
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Woman found dead in Amsterdam’s Indische Buurt
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Bol.com suspends top seller suspected of murdering girlfriend in Amsterdam
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Suspect in Amsterdam girlfriend's murder appeared on Dutch reality dating shows
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Crime scene tape with a police car in the background
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Suspect in Leiderdorp ex-partner murder filmed attack, sent videos to victim’s family
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Boyfriend arrested in slaying of Amsterdam woman working for ABN Amro
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Dutch police officers
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Police investigate harassment reports in Nieuw-Vennep where a woman, 59, was found dead
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Domestic violence helpline
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At least one report a day of woman being strangled in the Netherlands
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Minh Nghia V. suspected of killing a 66-year-old woman in a parking lot near a shopping center in Zwijndrecht
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Man who shot ex-girlfriend and killed her mother swallows razor blade ahead of appeal
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Cropped shot of a lawyer writing and Lady Justice statue on a table.
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Attorney demands investigation into safety measures prior to Leiderdorp femicide
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Jail bars
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Man convicted of killing American student in Leeuwarden "Tinder murder" commits suicide
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A protest sticker demanding women be able to reclaim the night placed on a lamppost close to where Lisa, 17, was found stabbed to death between Amsterdam and her home in Abcoude. 13 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors add attempted rape charge for man accused of murdering 17-year-old Lisa
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Mobile forensic unit
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New tool against femicide: New investigation method can prove attempted strangulation