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Widespread Unrest in Neighborhood over Fatbike Terror; Residents Arm Themselves and Threaten ‘Neighborhood War’ in Letter to Police

Summary by Algemeen Dagblad
Young people on fatbikes have been terrorizing Delfzijl in Groningen for months. The throwing of stones and the committing of vandalism have now escalated to such an extent that desperate residents are arming themselves. In an anonymous letter, they ask the police to ‘look the other way for a moment’ so that they can intervene themselves. The police warn via this site: taking the law into your own hands is and remains a punishable offense.

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The anonymous writers ask the police to look the other way in the coming period, so that they can take matters into their own hands.

·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Young people on fatbikes have been terrorizing Delfzijl in Groningen for months. The throwing of stones and the committing of vandalism have now escalated to such an extent that desperate residents are arming themselves. In an anonymous letter, they ask the police to ‘look the other way for a moment’ so that they can intervene themselves. The police warn via this site: taking the law into your own hands is and remains a punishable offense.

·Amersfoort, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Mayor Ben Visser of the Groningen municipality of Eemsdelta is calling on residents of the Bornholm neighborhood in Delfzijl to continue reporting incidents. Regional media reported in recent days that there has been unrest in the neighborhood for quite some time and that residents are fed up with the nuisance caused particularly by young people.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The fatbike is the trashy passport disguised as a bicycle for beggars, antisocials, idiots, people who chop their mothers into pieces, crooks, full and half-criminals, lowlifes, hooligans, and a whole lot of ill-mannered rotten people. But if you try to make legislation against fatbike riders, cliques like BIJ1 are already filling their sanitary pads because it is supposedly 'stigmatizing,' except that absolutely no one has mentioned certain bac…

Tensions have risen sharply in the Bornholm neighborhood in Delfzijl-Noord. In a letter to RTV Noord, residents state that they have armed themselves and are prepared to intervene if necessary. The reason for this is persistent nuisance caused by young people who, according to them, have been terrorizing the neighborhood for years. Trust in the police and the municipality appears to have vanished among some residents. The background of the young…

Residents of the Bornholm neighborhood in Delfzijl-Noord are increasingly plagued by groups of loitering youths causing a major disturbance in the area. They throw heavy fireworks and eggs, and race around on souped-up fatbikes. Residents are fed up with the 'terror'.

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RTV Noord broke the news on Monday, April 20, 2026.
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