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Men Convicted of Violently Attacking Woman Amid Protest Against Engelen Asylum Center

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A police judge in Den Bosch convicted two men for chasing down and assaulting a woman in the Noord-Brabant city in June. The incident happened amid escalating protests against plans to open a center near the Den Bosch village of Engelen where people seeking asylum will be temporarily housed.

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The police judge in Den Bosch has sentenced two men (41 and 43) from Engelen for assaulting a woman. They were angry because the woman had allegedly sabotaged a protest in Engelen against the arrival of an asylum seekers' center. The 41-year-old received a prison sentence of 36 days, a suspended sentence of two months, and a community service order of 10 hours. The 43-year-old faces a community service order of 240 hours, 80 of which are suspen…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The police judge in Den Bosch sentenced two men, aged 41 and 43, on Monday for the assault of a woman. According to the men, the victim was sabotaging protests against the arrival of an asylum center in the village of Engelen, located next to Den Bosch. She allegedly destroyed or defaced flags and protest signs, among other things.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Tensions ran high in Engelen this summer due to the possible arrival of an asylum center for fifty young asylum seekers on the business park near the village. Demonstrations in favor of, and especially against, the project got out of hand more than once. On Monday, it became apparent in the court in Den Bosch that things were also going wrong outside the village: a woman was attacked by two opponents of the asylum center in Den Bosch and sprayed…

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It was a spontaneous act of revenge after months of escalating tensions in Engelen. According to two men, that was the reason for pulling a woman off her bicycle, kicking her in the body and head, and spraying her in the face with red paint.

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ed.nl broke the news on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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