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October 2026

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

Man (23) arrested in case of death in suitcase found in Amsterdam Hajar

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of 29-year-old Hajar. She was found dead in Amsterdam last week, after being missing for almost two weeks. The suspect was arrested today and is in restrictions. This is a 23-year-old man with Somali nationality, without permanent residence or domicile, who lives in the Netherlands from the age of six and has a permanent residence permit.

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

After riots, Amsterdam's Floradorp streets are clean again, discussion bonfire remains

A large fire stain can still be seen in the middle of the Sneeuwbalstraat in Amsterdam-Noord. Pallets were on fire here last night. Municipal cleaners are busy covering the traces of a new evening full of unrest. Last night, stones and glass bottles were thrown at the police and fires were set on the streets and in garbage containers.

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

Five years in prison demanded against man for serious child abuse via livestream

A 55-year-old man from Rijen has been sentenced to five years in prison for the serious sexual abuse of young children in front of a camera. The man allegedly paid money for watching live abuse of children from poor countries, which was perpetrated at his request. A special investigative team of the police received a report from the United States in March this year that a Dutch user was using multiple accounts on online platforms searched for livestreams of child abuse.

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

Minister does not want to investigate the placement of youth care young people in a Spanish family home

Minister Mirjam Sterk (CDA) of Youth does not want to conduct an independent investigation into the placement of youth care young people in a Dutch family home in Spain. She will let the House of Representatives know. Even after new reports today, she remains with that point of view. Experts believe that research is needed after Nieuwsuur investigated the abuses in the shelter.

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

20/10 in Nieuwsuur: Child abuse in Dutch shelter in Spain • Suffocating fires in Indonesia

For twenty years, extreme treatment methods in Spain Dutch organisations sent young people with behavioural problems to a Dutch 'family home' in Spain. There they had to deal with extreme treatment methods. Experts speak of "structural abuse and child torture". Major youth care providers, municipalities and youth protection organizations knew about the approach in the house, which in a period of twenty years dozens of received millions of euros in Dutch care money.

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

Tens of millions of youth care allowance to extreme treatment method in Spain

For years, Dutch organisations sent young people with behavioural problems to a Dutch 'family home' in Spain. There they had to deal with extreme treatment methods. Experts speak of "structural abuse and child torture". Major youth care providers, municipalities and youth protection organisations knew about the approach in the house, which received tens of millions of euros in Dutch care money over a period of twenty years.