Explosion hits Netherlands' largest political party's headquarters, police say
Police said a suspect was arrested after a firework bomb was thrown through the letterbox, leaving no reported injuries.
- A firework bomb was thrown through the letterbox of D66 headquarters in The Hague on Thursday, shortly after 9pm, rocking the building though no injuries were reported.
- The party's headquarters has faced previous attacks; in September last year, rioters from an anti-immigration demonstration smashed windows at the same D66 offices and set fire to a police car.
- Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who leads D66, condemned the explosion as 'a cowardly act of intimidation,' while party spokespeople told broadcaster NOS that staff members were terrified following the attack.
- Police arrested a suspect following the blast, while officials reported 37 arrests in total; experts linked the attack to football hooligans operating under the banner of the far-right group Defend Netherlands.
- D66 representatives noted the attack is unlikely to be a coincidence, underscoring persistent security threats facing the party, which won the 2025 election over Geert Wilders' Freedom Party.
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The offices of the Dutch Social-Liberal Party D66 in The Hague were the target of an explosion on Thursday evening, police said, confirming information from the newspaper De Telegraaf. A suspect was arrested. ...
A youth event was taking place inside when an "incredibly loud explosion" was heard. Around 9:00 PM in The Hague, an unknown person threw a pyrotechnic bomb through a mailbox into the office of the Dutch party D66. About 30 people were inside; no one was injured. Police detained the suspect an hour later, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing Dutch media. Read also: There are Ukrainians on the cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak occurred, accor…
Explosion Hits Dutch Ruling Party Headquarters Amid Migration Tensions (Worthy News In-Depth)
An explosion rocked the headquarters of the Dutch ruling center-left party Democrats 66 (D66) in The Hague late Thursday amid mounting tensions over the government’s controversial asylum seekers policies, but there were no injuries, authorities said.
An explosive made from fireworks was thrown into the party's premises through a mailbox shortly after 9pm tonight.
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