Parents of stabbed Joni (13) contact lawyer after 'April Fool's joke' by municipality: 'This is not acceptable'

The municipality of Vlaardingen is said to have asked a café owner to change the name of his pub. Although journalists were suspicious of the story, the municipality insisted that the request was genuine. "As a government, you want to appear trustworthy. This doesn't help."

The mayor expresses regret: "This action has led to a lot of indignation, the mayor of Vlaardingen regrets that we have misled people."

They are angry and bewildered. The April Fool's joke by the municipality of Vlaardingen has completely gone down the wrong way with Anton and Mariëlle, the parents of 13-year-old Joni who died last month due to knife violence. "We are no longer surprised by anything, but this takes the cake."

Politicians in Vlaardingen are upset about an April Fool's joke by the municipality. Calls are being made for the resignation of mayor Bert Wijbenga.

SocialNo, you bunch of idiots, of course Café Mes in Vlaardingen should not change its name according to the municipality because otherwise young people would be more inclined to use weapons, as was reported this weekend by RTL, NOS, Hart van Nederland, Rijnmond, and of course the AD. We can whine all the time about the Russians with their advanced information warfare, but if you are not able to see through the stupid office humor of a bunch of …

It is a hard blow for the Vlaardingen café owner Arwin Verburgh. When he enters his Café Mes on the Schiedamseweg on Friday afternoon around 16:00, there is a letter from the municipality on the mat. "Well, that's a congratulations because I've been an entrepreneur for 25 years, I thought. But nothing could be further from the truth."