Airport operator Schiphol Group has bought up the nitrogen rights from two farming companies in Zuid-Holland, with the emissions capacity to be held on behalf of the Rotterdam The Hague Airport. A spokesperson confirmed this on Friday after a report from the Volkskrant. Located just north of the Overschie neighborhood in Rotterdam, the airport needs a nature permit and enough rights to emit nitrogen.
An 82-year-old man who got stabbed while walking in Rotterdam’s Overschie district on Friday succumbed to his injuries in a hospital on Sunday, the police said. A 46-year-old man from Poland is in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.
An elderly man got stabbed while taking a walk in Rotterdam’s Overschie district on Thursday afternoon. First responders resuscitated him at the scene before rushing him to a hospital in critical condition. The police arrested a 46-year-old man from Poland. The victim was walking a bike path along the Schie, near the Spaansebrug between Overschie and Spaanse Polder, when the other man attacked him, according to Rijnmond.
A massive fire broke out at a church in Rotterdam, Netherlands, collapsing the building’s roof in the process. The Bethelkerk church in the Overschie neighbourhood went up in flames late on Wednesday evening (6 December). Several homes in the vicinity of the church were evacuated at the time of the fire, but have since returned to their homes. Local news reports that firefighters and paramedics were on the scene at roughly 10:53 pm. A 36-year-old man has reportedly been arrested concerning the fire after turning himself in on Thursday morning, although the cause of the fire has yet to be revealed.