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Multiple Fatalities in Shootings at Dutch Hospital, Apartment

In Rare Dutch Shootings, Three
Are Dead in Two Locations

UPDATED

Sep 28, 2023 2:17 PM CDT

In Rare Dutch Shootings, Three Are Dead in Two Locations

Police say lone gunman opened fire in hospital and nearby apartment; suspect is in custody

(Newser) - Updated throughout with new details. A lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing three people, including a 14-year-old girl, police said. The shooting sent patients and medics fleeing the Erasmus Medical Center in...

City Will Dismantle Historic Bridge to Let Bezos Yacht Through

Dutch Locals Plan a Smelly
Welcome for Bezos' Yacht

Dutch Locals Plan a Smelly Welcome for Bezos' Yacht

Group aims to pelt it with rotten eggs because of need to dismantle historic bridge

(Newser) - Update: When Jeff Bezos' mega-yacht makes its maiden voyage sometime this summer, the Amazon founder might want to wear protective gear. Not for the elements—for eggs. Jalopnik reports that a growing Facebook movement in the Dutch city of Rotterdam is enlisting people to chuck rotten eggs at the ship....

Protest on COVID Restrictions Turns Into 'Orgy of Violence'

Protest on COVID Restrictions
Turns City Into 'War Zone'

Nov 20, 2021 9:15 AM CST

Protest on COVID Restrictions Turns City Into 'War Zone'

Police fire on demonstrators in Dutch city of Rotterdam; 2 rioters hospitalized

(Newser) - Police opened fire on protesters in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions late Friday night, with the Dutch city's mayor calling it "an orgy of violence." Police said two rioters were hospitalized after being hit by bullets, and investigations were underway...

Museum's Animal Exhibit Is Unlike Any Other

Meet the Marten That Shut
Down the Hadron Collider

Feb 2, 2017 9:31 AM CST

Meet the Marten That Shut Down the Hadron Collider

You'll find him in Rotterdam's unique 'Dead Animal Tales' exhibit

(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider facilitated the discovery of the Higgs boson , but it's not yet immune to animal troubles. Following a similar incident last April, a stone marten jumped a fence at the $7 billion site in Switzerland on Nov. 20 and came into contact with a transformer, causing...

Facebook Friends Tattoo An Advertising Hoax

Facebook Friends Tattoo
Is an Advertising Hoax

Jun 9, 2011 5:30 AM CDT

Facebook Friends Tattoo Is an Advertising Hoax

They're just wash-away images to advertise Dutch shop

(Newser) - Gotcha! The so-cool sleeve tattoo of a young woman's 156 Facebook friends that made the digiverse swoon turns out to be a hoax . Rotterdam tattoo artist Dex Moelker has come clean to a Dutch newspaper, 'fessing up that the tattoo and the now-viral YouTube video about it is...