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Police officers were attacked by bystanders during an attempted arrest in the Netherlands city of Utrecht, according to local media.
A melee broke out in front of a halal eatery on Kanaalstreet when a suspect reportedly resisted apprehension, prompting officers to escalate use of force.
The man in question was wanted for skipping an outstanding community service sentence, NL Times reports, citing a police statement.
“At that moment, dozens of bystanders stood around the arrest. There was scolding, pushing, beating, kicking and pulling,” the statement explained. “The officers were forced to pull their baton.”
Multiple videos of the brawl were shared to social media, showing onlookers assailing officers before a back-up contingent arrives.
One officer can be seen receiving a blow to the back of the head during the apprehension, sparking additional attacks.
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“The police also said that two women continued to interfere with the arrest, despite warnings, and pushed and pulled at the officers,” NL Times reports. “The suspect whose arrest started this whole incident, managed to slip away in the commotion.”
The original suspect was later apprehended, along with three others, and more arrests may follow, police say.
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Dutch officials said a suspected gunman admitted to killing three people in the Netherlands shooting on a Utrecht tram Monday.
Gokmen Tanis, 37, admitted to three terrorism-related charges, BBC reported Friday. (RELATED: Dutch Police Searching For Turkish Man After Tram Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 5 Injured)
A 19-year-old woman and two men, 28 and 49, were killed. The suspected gunman also wounded five other people.
Authorities are still investigating whether Tanis was motivated by terrorism or personal issues along with radicalized ideas, BBC reported. Police considered Tanis, who was born in Turkey, might have had a terrorist motive after finding a letter in his getaway vehicle.
Officials evacuated all mosques in Utrecht and security was temporarily increased at mosques around the country, The New York Times reported. It is unclear whether evacuations were due to a specific threat or were done to be cautious after the deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand Friday.
A child places flowers at a makeshift memorial at the site of a tram shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Zabit Elmaci, who used to work with Tanis, said he was “always in trouble,” according to the Times.
A judge extended Tanis’s detention for two more weeks Friday, BBC reported. Investigation is ongoing.
This is not the first terror-related incident the Netherlands has faced in recent time. Seven men were arrested for conspiring to commit a major terrorist attack in the country and an Afghan man stabbed two Americans in a railway station in September 2018.
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