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Second suspect arrested for large brawl during Sneekweek The police have arrested a 22-year-old man from Tytsjerksteradiel for involvement in the large brawl on the Starteiland near Sneek, during the last Sneekweek. During the fight, after the Hard Sailing Day, a security guard was mistreated.
Fires, accidents, traffic jams, delays and short news items: with this live blog you can follow 112 news and other short news in Friesland closely.
House closed in Leeuwarden because of the discovery of a hemp nursery A house on the Jan de Baenstraat in Leeuwarden is closed for three months by order of the mayor because of the discovery of a hemp nursery. On 10 July, the police raided the house, after an anonymous report. On the spot, they found a hemp nursery with 524 hemp plants, spread over different grow rooms.
Two cars collided on Rengerslaan in Leeuwarden on Tuesday afternoon, near the NHL Stenden Hogeschool. Emergency services rushed to the scene, and paramedics assessed one person. A towing company removed the damaged vehicles, and the cause of the accident remains unknown.
The police cannot yet say anything about the cause of the fire that destroyed the bowling centre Grote Keizer in Leeuwarden on Sunday. All scenarios are still open, let the police know on Monday. The investigation may take a long time to complete. It was busy on Monday with people who wanted to see with their own eyes what was left of the bowling centre.
It was Monday all day a come and go at the smoldering remains of what was until last Saturday fun palace and bowling boulevard The Great Emperor. "I wanted to see it with my own eyes."
In the night from Saturday to Sunday, a large fire raged in bowling centre De Grote Keizer on the Kalverdijkje in Leeuwarden. The property has been completely destroyed.
The Leeuwarden police are investigating three incidents that took place in the Delistraat in Leeuwarden over the past month. It concerns a car fire, an attempted arson at a home and a successful fireworks explosion at a home on the Delistraat. According to the police, there is coherence between these incidents. On the night of Wednesday 29 to Thursday 30 August, around 03:00, an attempt was made to detonate a fireworks explosion at a house in the Delistraat.
In the night from Saturday to Sunday, a large fire destroyed De Grote Keizer in Leeuwarden. Here's what we know now. That and more in this weekend's news overview.
The De Grote Keizer bowling center in Leeuwarden has been completely destroyed by a major fire. While firefighters were still extinguishing the final embers, demolition of the collapsed building began on Sunday morning.
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