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Two people are killed and three others are injured during a mass shooting at a care home in Molensingel, Alblasserdam, Netherlands. The perpetrator was already wanted for murdering a man at a shop yesterday.
2022-05-6

Three people are seriously injured after being shot by police during protests against COVID-19 measures in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fifty-one people are also arrested, half of whom are less than 18 years old.
2021-11-20

Two men are arrested in the Netherlands after plans were uncovered to commit a jihadist attack with explosive belts and car bombs.
2019-11-26

Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Mark Harbers resigns amid a scandal over a government report which played down crimes committed by asylum seekers in the country, including rapes and murders, which were placed under a category called "other". The omission was first highlighted by Dutch newspaper "De Telegraaf".
2019-05-21

Mars One, a private Dutch organization that had claimed it would send humans on a one-way trip to Mars starting in 2024, releases a statement saying it has been declared bankrupt.
2019-02-11

The finals of the robot football World Cup are held. A Chinese team defeats the Netherlands in the finals of the middle-weight non-humanoid league, while another lost in the final of the small humanoid class to a team from Japan.
2015-07-22

A Dutch court orders the Netherlands to reduce its carbon emissions by at least 25% by 2020.
2015-06-24

The passenger ferry "MS King Seaways", en route from Newcastle, England, to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, catches fire in the North Sea; a man is arrested on suspicion of arson.
2013-12-29

A major winter storm called Bodil hits the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany, disrupting traffic and causing four people to be dead or missing and widespread damage amid fears of flooding along the North Sea coast.
2013-12-5

Former MI6 worker Daniel Houghton pleads guilty to breaching the Official Secrets Act by unlawfully disclosing top secret material to Dutch agents.
2010-07-14