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After dozens of armed men appeared at his gate and shot his security guard, Jan G. was still in Overasselt for a large part of the day. He had fled to family elsewhere in the village. Omroep Gelderland spoke to several sources in Overasselt and, in collaboration with the NOS, reconstructed Jan G.'s flight.
A cyclist was injured in a collision with a car in Drachten. Additionally, a motorcycle ended up in the water in Leeuwarden. A live blog is tracking emergency service news and short updates across Friesland.
After an accident with a motorcycle, the police and fire brigade searched for a person on the water last night. The engine hit the water at the Gealanden in Leeuwarden. After that, one person was taken out of the water. Because there were indications that a second person would be involved in the accident, emergency services continued to search with drones and dogs. That search yielded nothing.
Police and the fire brigade searched for a person in the water overnight following a motorcycle crash. The motorcycle ended up in the water on Gealanden in Leeuwarden, after which one person was pulled from the water. Because there were indications that a second person might have been involved in the accident, emergency services searched further using drones and dogs. That search yielded no results.
In Leeuwarden, a motorcycle ended up in the water. In addition, a cow was hit and killed on the N359 near Parrega. The live blog provides updates on these and other emergency incidents in Friesland.
A fire was started at a railway bridge near Rotterdam-Delfshaven last night. A disruption occurred at the railway bridge around 2:30 am. When a contractor responded to the malfunction, he saw that the door of a technical room had been cut open. There were smoldering cables inside.
Many discarded sofas and other furniture still end up in incinerators. A shame, says the cabinet. Furniture should be recycled and reused better. As with plastic bottles and cans, manufacturers and importers of products such as sofas, kitchen cabinets and beds will therefore also become responsible for the collection and reuse of their products within four years.
More than forty shots are fired in the direction of the officers who are the first on the scene at Jan G.'s house in Overasselt on September 1. Shortly before, a large group of armed men had passed through the village and shot dead a security guard in his car. 42 suspects have now been arrested for this explosion of violence, the last three yesterday.
Three men were arrested in Ghent who were allegedly involved in the shooting in Overasselt at the beginning of last month. The police report this. The suspects are 23, 25 and 28 years old. They are suspected of murder, manslaughter, firearm possession and membership of a criminal organization.
The national fireworks ban is coming, but what do the residents of Leeuwarden think about this? Is it a good step towards a safer turn of the year or does it mean the disappearance of an important tradition? Omroep Leeuwarden investigated and spoke to residents, a fireworks entrepreneur and D66 council member Justin Flapper. The fireworks ban raises several questions.
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