Explosion hits Netherlands' largest political party's headquarters, police say
Police said a suspect was arrested after a firework bomb was thrown through the letterbox, leaving no reported injuries.
- A firework bomb was thrown through the letterbox of D66 headquarters in The Hague on Thursday, shortly after 9pm, rocking the building though no injuries were reported.
- The party's headquarters has faced previous attacks; in September last year, rioters from an anti-immigration demonstration smashed windows at the same D66 offices and set fire to a police car.
- Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who leads D66, condemned the explosion as 'a cowardly act of intimidation,' while party spokespeople told broadcaster NOS that staff members were terrified following the attack.
- Police arrested a suspect following the blast, while officials reported 37 arrests in total; experts linked the attack to football hooligans operating under the banner of the far-right group Defend Netherlands.
- D66 representatives noted the attack is unlikely to be a coincidence, underscoring persistent security threats facing the party, which won the 2025 election over Geert Wilders' Freedom Party.
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The 37-year-old man who was arrested Thursday evening following an explosion at the D66 party headquarters in The Hague will be brought before a judge on Monday. This was stated by Margreet Fröberg, Chief Public Prosecutor in The Hague, on Friday evening on Nieuwsuur.
A bomb explodes at the Dutch premier's party headquarters, but nobody is injured
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A bomb that was pushed through a letter slot exploded at the party headquarters of Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten but didn’t injure anyone, and the centrist leader vowed Friday not to be intimidated by the attack. Police said they had arrested a 37-year-old suspect in the bombing late Thursday at the headquarters of the centrist D66 party in The Hague, but declined to release any further details including any suspe…
The offices of the Dutch Social-Liberal Party D66 in The Hague were the target of an explosion on Thursday evening, police said, confirming information from the newspaper De Telegraaf. A suspect was arrested. ...
A youth event was taking place inside when an "incredibly loud explosion" was heard. Around 9:00 PM in The Hague, an unknown person threw a pyrotechnic bomb through a mailbox into the office of the Dutch party D66. About 30 people were inside; no one was injured. Police detained the suspect an hour later, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing Dutch media. Read also: There are Ukrainians on the cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak occurred, accor…
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