Backfiring Car, Not Gunshots Heard in Nijmegen; No Link to Fatal Overasselt Shooting

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The police came in droves on Monday evening to report a shooting in Nijmegen-Oost. Was there a link with 'Overasselt'? Local residents were ordered to stay inside, passers-by were searched, gardens and facades were searched. Here's what happened.

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The police assume that no shots were fired in Nijmegen-Oost last night. The loud bangs residents heard near Hengstdalseweg were likely caused by a car's exhaust backfiring. A police spokesperson told Omroep Gelderland this. On Monday evening, the police deployed numerous units and the Special Intervention Service (DSI) following reports of sounds resembling gunshots. A local resident described the sound as that of a machine gun. According to the…

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Heavily armed officers, a police helicopter, and a warning to stay indoors. It was the talk of the town on Tuesday on Hengstdalseweg in Nijmegen, after a massive police force completely sealed off the street the evening before. It turned out to be a false alarm, but everyone was on high alert nonetheless: ‘People are afraid because of Overasselt.’

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A massive police deployment involving heavily armed officers, local residents forced to stay indoors for hours, a city bus with passengers unable to proceed, fear: it all turns out to have been caused by a false alarm. While several people claimed to have heard machine gun fire on Monday evening, the police are now attributing it to a broken exhaust.