Overview
- Police arrested an escaped tbs (court‑ordered psychiatric) patient near Leeuwarden after a FastNL manhunt that began when he fled supervised work outside Groningen’s Mesdagkliniek.
- In Heerlen, officers detained a man who fired multiple times from a balcony, with the DSI arrest team making the entry and no injuries reported.
- In Den Bosch, a driver who steered a car toward an officer during a stop was arrested after the agent suffered a wrist injury.
- After the fatal stabbing in Hoorn that killed a 29‑year‑old local, the mayor urged people to send any footage to police rather than post it online.
- Courts opened hearings for the Midwolda New Year’s fireworks blast with three key suspects and set two days of proceedings in the Arnhem inner‑city fire case that draws on NFI audio analysis.