Bullet strikes moving bus in Amsterdam shooting, second hits shopfront
Police are investigating two overnight shootings in Amsterdam, one of which sent a bullet through a moving bus window; no one was hurt.
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Police arrested a 16-year-old boy on 8 November over the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man on Weverpad in Schiedam the previous day; broadcaster RTL Nieuws reported the victim may not have been the attackers' intended target. A second man was shot in the leg and hospitalised in the same attack, while a third man who fled unhurt was later tracked down and briefly questioned by police.
Other incidents this week included two shootings in Amsterdam on the night of 10 November: a bullet went through the window of a moving bus in the Nieuw-West district, with no one hurt, and a separate bullet hit a coffee shop window on Spuistraat in the city centre the following morning. Police are investigating whether the bus shooting is linked to a fight reported minutes earlier nearby. Separately, two cargo ships collided on the Maas river near Den Bosch on 8 November in dense fog, with no casualties or damage reported; it was the first time the Dutch weather service KNMI had issued its new, more localised fog warning.
Updated by the ECTV Crisis Desk, based on 3 verified stories from the past seven days.
ECTV has published 3 verified stories on Netherlands in the past seven days. The most recent, updated 11 November 2026: Bullet strikes moving bus in Amsterdam shooting, second hits shopfront.
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