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The test message from the NL-Alert national warning system seen on 1 June 2026
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No need to panic: National NL Alert warning system tested at noon today
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Thousands of euros found in a money laundering investigation focused on a Surinamese speciality shop in Rotterdam. 22 May 2026
Crime
Rotterdam pair caught laundering cash from Surinamese takeaway, Amsterdam travel office
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Dutch police crime scene tape
CrimePolitics
Video: One arrested in firebombing of Dutch PM's D66 political party headquarters
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An employee of a gold exchange office on Breestraat in Beverwijk was killed in an armed robbery, 22 April 2026
Crime
Employee killed in violent robbery of Beverwijk gold exchange office
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An ambulance in the Netherlands
CrimeWeird
Video: Man in electric wheelchair set on fire near Utrecht market; Suspect in custody
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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
Crime
Court cuts sentence in Zwijndrecht shooting that disabled ex-partner, killed her mother
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A police-involved chase that started near Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, ended in a crash just over the border in Meer, Belgium, 120 kilometers away. 5 Feb. 2026
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Wild police chase from Utrecht ends in crash across Belgian border
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Comedian Sjoerd Scott in 2025
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Being scammed for €1,900 inspired stand-up Sjoerd Scott's law thesis and comedy career
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Overhead view of the Visscherssteeg in Utrecht while firefighters tried to douse a major fire after one, and possibly several explosions took place. 15 Jan. 2026
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Video: Four wounded in explosions, fire in Utrecht city center; Flames spreading
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Brug 721 crosses the Christoffel Plantijngracht. The footbridge over the canal is located in the Piet Wiedijkpark, a park in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. June 2018
Crime
Syrian asylum seekers identified as teens murdered in Amsterdam park; No arrests yet
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Brug 721 crosses the Christoffel Plantijngracht. The footbridge over the canal is located in the Piet Wiedijkpark, a park in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. June 2018
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Gunshots kill two teenagers in Amsterdam park at the end of New Year's Day
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Police officers on Insulindenweg in Amsterdam-Oost tried to keep the peace during New Year's Eve. 1 Jan. 2025
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NL-Alert issued nationally: Only call 112 in case of life-threatening emergency
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The Maastoren, Wilhelminatoren, and the Rotterdam courthouse in August 2016
Crime
Syrian arrested in Dutch port city suspected of Christmas terrorist attack plot in Europe
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A photo of Ukrainian boy Milan, 16, who disappeared from Heemskerk on Christmas Day, 2025
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Police: No signs of violent crime in death of 16-year-old Ukrainian boy found in water
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A police team search for Milan, a missing 16-year-old Ukrainian boy, in the waters of Park Scheybeeck in Beverwijk. 29 Dec. 2025
Crime
Video: Body of Ukrainian boy Milan found during search for missing teen, police say
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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.
Crime
Police: No signs of massive unrest during upcoming New Year's Eve
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A photo of Ukrainian boy Milan, 16, who disappeared from Heemskerk on Christmas Day, 2025
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Police boats, hundreds others search for Ukrainian boy missing since Christmas
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A woman was found murdered in her home on Molenstraat in Hellevoetsluis on 16 April 2025. The photo shows a mobile police unit and crime scene tape cordoning off the scene.
Crime
Fewer than 100 murders reported in the Netherlands this year, incl. 10 in Amsterdam
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Investigators inspect a hatchback that crashed into a group of people gathered for a parade in Nunspeet. 22 Dec. 2025
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One killed, others still critically hurt after car rammed Nunspeet parade watchers
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Investigators inspect a hatchback that crashed into a group of people gathered for a parade in Nunspeet. 22 Dec. 2025
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Driver, 56, who crashed into parade visitors was not drunk or on drugs; Cause unknown
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Investigators inspect a hatchback that crashed into a group of people gathered for a parade in Nunspeet. 22 Dec. 2025
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Three remain hospitalized after car hits parade crowd in Nunspeet
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A man suspected of trying to sneak off with a free breakfast from a Tilburg hotel walked away with three tickets totaling 900 euros.
CrimeWeird
Man trying to scam €25 breakfast from Tilburg hotel slapped with €900 in police fines
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Investigators inspect a hatchback that crashed into a group of people gathered for a parade in Nunspeet. 22 Dec. 2025
Crime
Video: 9 hurt as car slams into group gathered in Nunspeet for annual parade
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Aerial view of the asylum seeker center in Dronten, Flevoland. 2021
Crime
Syrian asylum seeker arrested in the Netherlands on terrorism plot charges