Boys Assaulted in The Hague Nature Reserve, Police Seek Witnesses

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“Terrorizing,” he calls it. The father of a 17-year-old boy is raising the alarm about what happened to his son this week. On his way to his sports club in the Bosjes van Pex, he was attacked by at least ten youths. They hit him hard on the head with a bicycle chain lock. The pain is fading, but the psychological consequences remain. “I won’t let him cycle there alone anymore.”

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At the Bosjes van Pex, a nature reserve in The Hague, at least two boys were assaulted on Monday evening. It involves a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy, but there may be more victims, the police say. The 17-year-old boy was attacked out of nowhere by a group of youths on fatbikes, his father told Omroep West. "He was chased and cut off. The group of about fifteen men threw something at him and wanted money." When his son didn't have any,…

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More boys were attacked by a group of youths on fatbikes around the Bosjes van Pex (Loosduinen) on Monday evening. It was already reported on Tuesday that a 13-year-old boy had been assaulted, but it now appears that a 17-year-old was also attacked. He was struck on the head with a bicycle chain lock. The police believe there may be more victims.