Amsterdams main court building was severely damaged by a rocket propelled grenade in the early hours of Wednesday morning, but there are no reports of casualties.
Eyewitnesses say two men on a motorcycle fired the missile at the court on the Parnassusweg at around 02.30 hours.
The grenade left a hole in the courts outer wall and shattered windows on seven storeys. The damaged part of the building houses a number of courtrooms and several offices of the Public Prosecutor. Court sessions will go ahead as planned, a court spokesperson said.
Police expect the investigation to last throughout the day.
The high-security court in Amsterdam-Osdorp was attacked four years ago. On the first day of the trial of criminal Willem Holleeder and several other suspects, unknown assailants fired two explosive devices against the fortified courthouse, causing severe damage.
Security and Justice Minister Yvo Opstelten has condemned the attack as an assault on the state.
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The DutchNews.nl is reporting: According to the Telegraaf, most of the activity in E Tower is concerned with 'deportations' and illegal immigrants. There are no major criminal cases ongoing at the moment which would appear to rule out organised crime, the paper said.
One eyewitness told local television station AT5 he saw two people making off on a motorbike shortly after the blast. Another told the Telegraaf he had seen 'squatter types' in the vicinity.
(AKI) - The second wife of a longterm Muslim immigrant in Italy has reported her husband to police after authorities allowed his first wife to join the household in the northern city of Treviso from Senegal.
The 45-year-old immigrant's second wife, who has twin daughters of eight with him reportedly cannot countenance living with him, his second wife and their two sons of 15 and 16 with his first wife.
The man, who has lived in Italy for over a decade, runs little risk of prosecution for bigamy, however. Under Italian law, bigamist long-term immigrants are allowed to bring more than one wife to live with them in their adoptive country provided they are 'integrated'.
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(AKI) - The second wife of a longterm Mohammedan immigrant in Italia has reported her husband to police after authorities allowed his first wife to join the household in the northern city of Treviso from Senegal ... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
The 45-year-old immigrant's second wife, who has twin daughters of eight with him reportedly cannot countenance living with him, his second wife and their two sons of 15 and 16 with his first wife.
The man, who has lived in Italia for over a decade, runs little risk of prosecution for bigamy, however. Under Italian law, bigamist long-term immigrants are allowed to bring more than one wife to live with them in their adoptive country provided they are 'integrated'.
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