112 news: Home robbery in Woerden, perpetrator on the run | Man in wheelchair driven into water

A house was robbed on the Van Slingelandt avenues in Woerden. It was reported to the police around 9:30 p.m. No one was injured, but the robber is still on the run.

The police are looking for the man. He is about 1.70 m tall and is said to have slightly tanned skin. According to the description, he is wearing a dark jacket, cap and trousers. Anyone who saw anything is asked to call the police.

A major alarm was raised in Harmelen this evening after someone in an electric wheelchair drove into the water. According to the fire brigade, the man in the wheelchair turned left from Bernhardlaan towards Burgemeester Burgerhof and accidentally drove into the water next to the bridge.

Bystanders quickly raised the alarm and came to help. The victim was responsive and was taken to hospital by ambulance as a precaution. The electric wheelchair was removed from the water by the fire brigade.

22-year-old Ayoub M. from Amersfoort says he was in a psychosis when he started stabbing people at the foot of the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam last September. “I can’t believe what happened,” he said today, crying in the courtroom in The Hague.

Suspect Ayoub M. attacked people out of nowhere on September 19, armed with two knives. The Public Prosecution Service suspects that he had terrorist motives. The court in The Hague today held a first public hearing in the case against M. A 32-year-old Rotterdam resident did not survive the stabbing. A 33-year-old man from Switzerland was seriously injured.

An 18-year-old young man was arrested in Bilthoven yesterday on suspicion of fraud. According to the police, he may be involved in several cases in which fake officers came to take items away from victims. This would involve at least eight cases, one of which was discussed this week in the Bureau Hengeveld investigation program. The police are still looking for accomplices.

Update 5.41 pm: the road is free again, but it is busy around Utrecht

Three lanes are closed on the A27 at the Rijnsweerd junction after an accident. According to Rijkswaterstaat, this causes a delay of more than 45 minutes. You also have to take delays into account on the connecting A28. The emergency services are on their way.

Four men from Veenendaal have been arrested after hundreds of cannabis cuttings were discovered in a house on the Azalea. Officers tracked down the men after one of them was arrested on Monday evening with laughing gas in his car, the police announced.

The police have arrested two boys for several street robberies. These are teenagers aged 15 and 17 from Soesterberg and IJsselstein. They allegedly robbed peers of their electric bicycles at various places in Soest and Zeist. In some cases this happened with violence. In two cases, victims managed to escape.

The police tracked down the boys after tips from witnesses. The duo is being held for investigation and interrogation.

Pharmacists are trying to stop a national strike by their employees today. They have started summary proceedings. Although there is understanding for the strike, they say they have no choice. Patient safety is at risk, the pharmacists say.

The court in The Hague is today holding the first preliminary hearing in the criminal case against the Amersfoort suspect in the fatal stabbing at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. One person was killed and another victim was injured.

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