Safety / Incidents

A motorcyclist escaped uninjured after colliding with a car on Achter de Hoven in Leeuwarden on Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred when a driver pulled out of a parking spot and failed to see the approaching motorcycle. Emergency services arrived at the scene to provide assistance.

One person was injured in a rear-end collision on Pieter Stuyvesantweg on Wednesday afternoon around 12:20 PM. Three cars, including a taxi, were involved after the front vehicle slowed down near a crossing. The two trailing cars failed to stop in time and collided with each other.

The police have taken down thirty websites where illegal medicines and drugs were sold. Three suspects allegedly behind these sites were arrested this week. The police also hold them responsible for the webshop Slaappillen.net, which is linked to several deaths. The police suspect that the suspects continued to sell, for example, tranquilizers, sleeping pills and painkillers, after slaappillen.net was discontinued last year.

Websites are still unavailable after they have been taken offline as a precaution. This happened after a leak in the PHP programming language. For example, the website overheid.nl is not yet accessible, as is the site of Meld Misdaad Anonymous. The sites of 113 and the Sexual Violence Centre were also offline until late.

The police think that the 29-year-old Hajar from Amsterdam was killed in an anti-squat building in the Buitenveldert district of Amsterdam. Officers are investigating the building today. A container of the police forensic investigation is at the door. The 29-year-old woman was found dead in the water on the Amsteldijk in Amsterdam last Friday, after being missing for almost two weeks.

Cars collide on the Groningerstraatweg in Leeuwarden Two cars collided on the Groningerstraatweg in Leeuwarden at the end of the afternoon on Wednesday. It went wrong at 5.15 pm at the crossing with Professor Meester P.S. Gerbrandyweg.

More rubber boats for people smuggling In recent weeks, rubber boats suddenly arrive in the Netherlands more often with cargo planes from Turkey. Such large dinghies can be used for people smuggling across the Channel. That is why customs now want to carry out stricter controls. According to the authorities, the boats originate from China.

More details have emerged regarding the suspect in the case of 29-year-old Hajar, whose body was discovered in the Amstel river. Police announced during a press conference that the suspect is a 23-year-old Somali national who has lived in the Netherlands since age 6 and holds a permanent residence permit.

Broadcaster Leeuwarden published some 3,500 online messages last year, which together generated five million views. From municipal politics and accidents to culture and personal stories of residents: the figures give a picture of the topics reported on by the local broadcaster. The stories of people from Leeuwarden and the surrounding villages are also included. In a year, about 3,500 messages appeared from Broadcasting Leeuwarden on the website and social media.

Several Dutch government and corporate websites have been taken offline as a precaution due to two major security vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language. Key services such as DigiD, MijnOverheid, and the House of Representatives website are temporarily unavailable to prevent hacks. Media platforms including RTL and Tweakers have also been affected.