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Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema initially described the attackers as "antisemitic hit-and-run squads" and said the incident reminded her of pogroms against Jews in Europe. [69] Halsema later said she regretted her use of the word "pogrom" and condemned the weaponisation of the word to attack Dutch Muslims and Moroccans.
At least five people have been hospitalized and 62 others were detained after a night of violence targeting Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam on Thursday, authorities said. The Israeli National ...
Israel's government sent two rescue planes to Amsterdam to evacuate its citizens who were injured in an outbreak of violence linked to a soccer game. Israeli soccer fans attacked in incident ...
On 31 July 1982, the headquarters of the Labour Party in Amsterdam was bombed by a group called Militant Autonomen Front. [10] [12] On 5 November 1985, a group called Autonomous Cells Netherlands tried to kill mayor of Amsterdam, Ed van Thijn, by detonating a bomb at his house - blaming him for the death of a squatter called Hans Kok. The bomb ...
The accident happened in Lochem, 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Amsterdam, as workers lifted a large metal arch into place. Such accidents are unusual in the Netherlands, which has strict ...
At 03:25 CEST (01:25 UTC), [1] a freight train, operated by DB Cargo and hauled by DBAG Class 189 locomotive number 189 054, [2] collided with a road–rail crane that was obstructing the line at Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands, [3] which connects Leiden Centraal with Den Haag Centraal and Den Haag Hollands Spoor, all located on the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway. [4]
Protest in Amsterdam on 1 June. Amsterdam: Over 5,000 people protested against police brutality in the United States and Europe. [15] [16] Attendance was far higher than expected, [17] and some even speculated that up to 10,000 people attended the protest. [18] Breda: Dozens of people protested in the city of Breda. [19]
A Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the then-state-owned Israeli airline El Al, crashed into two flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood (part of Amsterdam-Zuidoost) of Amsterdam. 43 people died. [85] 9 August 1993 A F-16 of Volkel Airbase crashed at a corn field near the base, possibly due to a bird in the engine. The pilot ...