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Vlogger Bender Attacked and Pelted by Dozens of Young People During Wilders' Visit to Delft

Summary by NRC Handelsblad
Geert Wilders was in Delft on Thursday afternoon, where Mayor Alexander Pechtold was waiting for him. "We stand united behind Geert," said a member of the Dutch Senate for the PVV (Party for Freedom).

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Geert Wilders was in Delft on Thursday afternoon, where Mayor Alexander Pechtold was waiting for him. "We stand united behind Geert," said a member of the Dutch Senate for the PVV (Party for Freedom).

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Vlogger Bender (17) hasn't filed a report of the incident in Delft where he was attacked by forty youths. He doesn't plan to do so either. "There's not much point anyway," he told ANP. "I've tried that before, but nothing ever happens. You end up in the big pile. I don't want to deal with that hassle."

Bender and his cameraman were attacked in Delft on Thursday. This happened during Geert Wilders' visit to the city. According to the cameraman, it involved a group of dozens of young people. Some of them threw bottles and stones. Cameraman Frits-Willem van der Hoeven says that vlogger Benjamin Buit, as Bender is known, was also physically attacked. He states that Buit was hit twice in the back of the head. The situation quickly escalated, forcin…

UPDATE - Now with videoSocial: Dozens of young people, whose roots likely lie outside Vermeer's Little Street or any other street in Delft, attacked 17-year-old vlogger Bender and his cameraman, pelting them with bottles and stones. Photos clearly show cameraman Frits-Willem van der Hoeven being punched and kicked, who, in turn, claims Bender was hit in the back of the head. Bender was there to report on Wilders's tour of the asylum center (AZC)…

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NRC Handelsblad broke the news in Netherlands on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
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