The man suspected of holding four people hostage for hours in a bar in Ede on Saturday was previously sentenced to prison for threatening two police officers with a firearm, De Gelderlander reports.
Bretly D. (24) from Rotterdam is charged with attempted manslaughter in addition to the fatal shooting of Rotterdam psychiatrist Jean van Griensven. He tried to strangle a man in Zupthen and injure him with a knife. In the run-up to the first preliminary hearing next week, the Zutphen victim’s lawyer confirmed that her client was put in a chokehold and his throat was forcefully closed, among other things.