The New Year festivities in the Netherlands have left two people dead, dozens with serious injuries and destroyed Amsterdam’s historic Vondelkerk church.

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    3 months ago

    A 32-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman from Germany were arrested at a party centre in Beverwijk for firing guns into the air shortly after midnight. Other partygoers alerted the police.

    That’s the weirdest.

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      3 months ago

      weirdest

      Attacking public services. (Medics, police, fireman etc) BY FAR!!

      They are out there instead of being with their loved ones for us. WHY attack them? Those morons must be punished to the absolute max.

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      3 months ago

      I wonder if they were originally from somewhere around the middle east, like perhaps Turkey? Firing guns into the air during festivities seems commonplace there.

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    3 months ago

    I feel ashamed. That’s not celebrating, it’s riot for the sake of riots.

    Lookup “carbid schieten” If a Policecar comes by, the 2 Policemen get out and face the crowd … they get a cup of hot coffee and a warm oliebol. They say “be carefull now you lot! Thanks for the coffee” and drive off. That is celebration in the (east and north) netherlands.

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      3 months ago

      Only works in less populated regions with cohesion and certainly not in cities.

  • Muffi@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    I celebrated New Years in Amsterdam back in 2016. It was an absolute shitshow, and the streets felt like a warzone compared to what I’m used to in Copenhagen. This really doesn’t surprise me the least.