The Man Who Threatened the Mayor Says He Acted Out of Emotion. "I'm Ashamed when I Listen Back to the Phone call."

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Local officials are victims of threats surrounding the arrival of asylum centers. An Amersfoort resident appeared in court on Tuesday after...

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A 35-year-old man from Amersfoort has been sentenced to 50 hours of community service, 20 of which are suspended, for threatening Mayor Lucas Bolsius and a special investigating officer. The threats followed the announcement of a new asylum seekers' center in the Vathorst neighborhood. The man called the municipality six or seven times in a single day. In two recorded conversations, he said he wanted to "completely destroy" Bolsius, RTV Utrecht …