Overview
- Police detained a fifth suspect, a 19-year-old from Tilburg, in the Rotterdam-Blijdorp synagogue explosion probe, with prosecutors alleging a terrorist motive against all teen suspects.
- Four earlier detainees from Tilburg, aged 17 to 19, remain in custody after their pretrial detention was extended; they were arrested near another Jewish prayer house where a jerrycan was found, suggesting a possible second target.
- A 14-year-old was convicted in Amsterdam for attempting to bomb a De Pizzabakkers location using a cobra‑6 firework and petrol bottles, receiving 180 days’ juvenile detention mostly suspended and a yearlong behavioral measure.
- Two men were sentenced in Utrecht for preparing an explosion in IJsselstein; police seized a bag with 700 grams of flitspoeder, and the court linked the device to similar attempts in Nieuwegein, imposing custodial terms, supervision, area bans and a no-contact order.
- Recent enforcement actions include a Schiedam house blast that damaged doors and windows without injuries, and a Gorinchem search that seized seven cobras, imitation firearms, a knuckle duster and drugs, after which the mayor closed the property.