Emergency services workers tackling incidents across the Netherlands were repeatedly assaulted during the New Year's Eve period, leaving dozens of police officers injured. Incidents reported in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and smaller cities involved police officers and fire fighters being pelted with powerful firecrackers. The police unions called for an immediate end to violence targeting emergency workers.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) will compensate over 100 victims in the extortion case surrounding the fruit trader De Groot in Hedel for leaking their address details to criminals.