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Dutch Police Continue Hunt for Attacker Who Stabbed 3 Teens
Dutch police on Saturday continued looking for an attacker who stabbed three teens on a street in The Hague that was crowded with Black Friday shoppers. The victims, two 15-year-old girls and a 13-year-old boy, were treated in a hospital and released late Friday. Police said in a statement that they did not know one another. The victims have spoken...
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400-Year-Old Stolen U.S. Bible Returned From the Netherlands
One of hundreds of rare books stolen from a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania library in a 20-year scheme has been recovered in the Netherlands. The FBI returned the 400-year-old Geneva Bible on Thursday.
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400-Year-Old Bible Stolen From US Is Found in Netherlands
A 17th century Geneva Bible, one of the hundreds of rare books authorities said were stolen from a Pittsburgh library as part of a 20-year-long theft scheme, is back home. The Bible, published in 1615, was traced to the American Pilgrim Museum in Leiden, about 45 miles from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, said FBI agent Robert Jones. It was among...
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Dutch Prosecutors Consider Terror Motive in Tram Shooting
Investigators probing the deadly tram shooting in the Dutch city of Utrecht sharpened their focus Tuesday on a possible extremist motive, as judicial authorities revealed that the main suspect was released from jail this month and faces a rape trial in July. The nature of the Monday’s attack and a note found in a suspected getaway car suggest a possible...
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3 Dead in Dutch Tram Shooting; Attacker at Large
At least three people were killed and nine others injured in a shooting that broke out on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht.
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Suspect in Stabbing of Americans Believes Dutch Insult Islam
An Afghan asylum-seeker accused of stabbing two Americans in Amsterdam believes that Islam is insulted in the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said Monday, giving the first indication of why they think a “terrorist motive” was behind the attack. The 19-year-old suspect is accused of stabbing the 38-year-old tourists Friday in an unprovoked attack after he arrived at Amsterdam’s Central Station on...
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Amsterdam: ‘Terrorist Motive' Alleged in Attack on Americans
A 19-year-old Afghan citizen had a “terrorist motive” for allegedly stabbing two Americans at the main train station in Amsterdam, city authorities in the Dutch capital said Saturday. Amsterdam police shot and wounded the suspect after the stabbings Friday at Central Station. The local government said hours later it appeared the people injured weren’t targeted for a specific reason, but...
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‘I Am Not a War Criminal!' UN War Crimes Convict Dies After Claiming He Took Poison in Court
A convicted war criminal from Croatia swallowed what he said was poison and died Wednesday after a United Nations court in the Netherlands upheld his 20-year sentence for committing crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war of the 1990s. In a stunning end to the final case at the U.N.’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, former Croatian general...
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Dutch Police Detain Suspect in Concert Terror Threat
Alerted by a detailed tip from Spanish colleagues, Dutch police arrested a man early Thursday and questioned him on suspicion of preparing an attack on a concert in Rotterdam by an American rock band. But the Dutch justice minister suggested later in the day that the suspect may only have sent a threatening message. The 22-year-old man was being interrogated...