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Dutch police arrest 34 people after shooting in rural village

By Thomson Reuters Sep 1, 2026 | 11:08 AM

AMSTERDAM, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Dutch police on Tuesday said 34 suspects from several countries ​were arrested after a ‌shooting in which a man was killed and two police officers were wounded in the early ‌hours.

The ​head of the ⁠regional police, Jolanda ⁠Aalbers, told reporters a “large group” of masked men opened fire when police arrived at a ​house where suspicious activities had been reported in ⁠Overasselt, a village ⁠in the east of ​the Netherlands.

Among those arrested were suspects ​from the Netherlands, Belgium, France ‌and Algeria, regional prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said there were indications of a “long running” conflict, in ⁠which the same house had been shot at last year. Two people ⁠were ‌convicted in that incident.

Police ⁠found a man with ​serious ‌injuries who later died ​of ⁠his injuries.

Two police officers who were wounded by the gunfire were taken to hospital, Aalbers said.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer;Editing by ​Alison Williams)