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Dutch police arrest 34 people after shooting in rural village
Police said the arrests followed a shooting that killed one man and wounded two officers, with suspects from four countries detained.
- On Tuesday, a gangland-style shooting in Overasselt left one person dead and two police officers hospitalized, with authorities confirming 34 arrests following an incident involving approximately 30 masked individuals firing on officers responding to reports of gunfire at 4:20am CET.
- Prosecutors indicated the attack involved a "long running" conflict, noting the same house was shot at last year, against a backdrop of increasing gang violence fueling the Netherlands' cocaine trade underworld.
- Regional police chief Jolanda Aalbers reported a "large group" of masked men opened fire when officers arrived, prompting elite DSI units to search the area Tuesday morning while firing warning shots and closing roads.
- Mayor Joerie Minses called the violence "completely unacceptable," expressing sympathy for residents "shaken awake by this nighttime violence," while the two injured officers remain "out of danger" in hospital.
- Police are analyzing security camera footage from De Telegraaf showing masked suspects carrying weapons, while national police chief Janny Knol called the event "unprecedented" as authorities process suspects from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Algeria.
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Dutch police today arrested 34 suspects from several countries following a shooting that killed a man and injured two policemen.
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