Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte thanked the retiring mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, “enormously” for his efforts over the past 15 years. Aboutaleb announced on Tuesday that he wanted to make way for another mayor and would step down in the fall. The mayors of the other three large cities described him as a wonderful colleague and said they would miss working with him.
Mayors of municipalities that fall under the police unit of Rotterdam have started exchanging experiences about the increase in excessive violence and the many explosions in the region, says the city of Rotterdam. It is an initiative from Vlaardingen mayor Bert Wijbenga. Participants of the so-called "Vlaardingen talks" will meet regularly for the time being.
King Willem-Alexander visited on Monday the neighborhood in Rotterdam where a woman and her daughter were shot and killed in the shootings that shook the city on Thursday, Rijmond reported. He was accompanied by Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Hugo Hillenaar, the head of Rotterdam's district office of the Public Prosecution Service.
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