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Police officers shot at an already injured suspect during an arrest in The Hague on King’s Day. They were sent to the scene to try to calm a situation involving a man who used a sharp object to wound himself at about 5:30 p.m. It was not clear if the individual was also struck by gunfire.“Due to a threatening situation at the beginning of the evening, the police fired shots at a man,” police confirmed. “The suspect was injured and taken to hospital.”

The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended 10 years in prison with institutionalized psychiatric treatment against Jamel L. on Thursday for the murder of 36-year-old Antoneta Gjokja. The 57-year-old man killed her with multiple stab wounds at her job at an Albert Heijn branch on Turfmarkt in The Hague on June 20 last year.

Four police officers were reportedly injured during riots surrounding a gathering of the Eritrean community in The Hague on Saturday night. The police stated that they had made several arrests.