De man die woensdagavond na een urenlange, dreigende situatie werd aangehouden in de Limburgse plaats Wijlre, had meerdere wapens, explosieven en munitie in huis. Dat meldt de politie vrijdag. De politie kreeg woensdagmiddag een melding over de man met “onbegrepen gedrag” in een woning aan de Brouwerijstraat. Een deel van de straat werd afgezet en […]
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The bodies of the missing Dutch couple in France were found 4 kilometers apart. The 80-year-old woman was about 100 meters from the couple’s car, the 83-year-old man was found further away near a barn. That is what the public prosecutor told the French newspaper Le Journal de la Haute-Marne on Friday. The couple from
US imposes sanctions on companies with ties to Iran The United States is imposing new sanctions on companies and individuals with ties to Iran, the Treasury Department reports. It concerns twenty companies, three ships and five people. Of the five people, four come from Yemen and one from China. A few of the companies also
The investigation into the fire at the home of Rotterdam alderman Faouzi Achbar (DENK) last year has taken a striking turn. Achbar himself now appears to be a suspect. The Public Prosecution Service is investigating whether he ordered the arson. This was announced during a lawsuit against the 38-year-old Rotterdammer who was arrested as a
Vito Shukrula, the former lawyer of Marengo main suspect Ridouan Taghi, wants the lawsuit against him to start directly on the merits. “Every day that this case drags on longer, it increases the damage that our client wrongfully suffers,” his lawyers say. Shukrula is suspected of passing criminal messages from his then-client Taghi to the
Outgoing minister Eddy van Hijum (Social Affairs and Employment) prepares a ban on temporary workers in the meat sector. Too many abuses are taking place there with mainly labor migrants. Van Hijum therefore wants employees, including labor migrants, to be in permanent employment. In this way abuses can be excluded. The prohibition can start at
A brain-dead woman in the United States gave birth to a baby boy via Cesarean section. Her body was kept on a ventilator for months, against the will of her family. According to the hospital, this was necessary because of the abortion laws in the state of Georgia. The doctors at Emory University Hospital in
Een 54-jarige man uit Emmen is vrijdag aangehouden na het uitvoeren van ‘burgergrenscontroles’ bij de grens tussen Ter Apel en het Duitse Rütenbrock. De politie heeft de verdachte aangehouden op verdenking van poging tot ambtsdwang. Het gaat mogelijk om Jan Huzen uit Nieuw-Weerdinge. Dat is de initiatiefnemer van de burgercontroles en de oprichter van een
Quincy Promes is on its way to the Netherlands. A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service confirms reporting about this from De Telegraaf . Dubai delivers him because the football player was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for drug trafficking and the stabbing of his cousin. It was recently announced that Promes had been