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Safety campaigners call for crackdown on road hogs to save lives

Last year, around 31,000 Netherlands residents received over 10 traffic fines, BNR reports based on figures received from the Central Judicial Collection Agency (CJIB) through an appeal to the Open Government Act. Previous research showed that such repeat traffic offenders are at least as dangerous on the roads as drunk drivers.

The relatives of the mother and daughter killed in one of two shootings in Rotterdam on Thursday still cannot comprehend the death of their loved ones. "We are deeply saddened by the death of two completely innocent people who did no harm to anyone," they said in a statement published by the organization Namen de Familie. "It leaves a black hole in our hearts."

The disease kills more women in the country than any other, but lack of funding and awareness means few get support, and a fast-food culture only adds to the problem

Online threats are affecting a much broader group of Netherlands residents than people with public functions, like politicians. Victim Support Netherlands received over 9,000 reports of people who were threatened in the first six months of 2023.

Victim Support Netherlands wants streaming service Netflix to immediately remove the American series about murderer Jeffrey Dahmer. Chairman Rosa Jansen confirmed this after reporting by NOS Radio 1 Journaal. Victim Support received a “substantial number of complaints” from people who resent the way Dahmer’s victims are portrayed.