Overview of Dutch bomb letters in 2020

Overview of Dutch bomb letters in 2020

At the beginning of this year, even before the corona crisis, the Netherlands was in the grip of bomb letters. Several bomb letters were delivered to various companies in the Netherlands. Some were only a warning letter, but some also exploded. In total, ten different...
Bomb letter goes off at ING head office in Amsterdam

Bomb letter goes off at ING head office in Amsterdam

A bomb letter went off at ING’s head office in Amsterdam. A person was slightly injured because of smoke inhalation. This person has been checked out in the ambulance and is doing well. An ING employee stated that the bomb went off when the employee opened it....
Ten years in prison for blackmailer Jumbo supermarket chain

Ten years in prison for blackmailer Jumbo supermarket chain

On appeal, the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal sentenced a 53-year-old man to ten years in prison in 2018, where he was previously sentenced to eight years for extorting supermarket chain Jumbo. The man placed two heavy explosives in Groningen and sent a bomb letter...
Security intercepts letter bomb at Eurojust

Security intercepts letter bomb at Eurojust

Several European institutions received bomb letters from the Italian city of Bologna in December 2003 and January 2004. Fortunately, the bomb letter addressed to Eurojust was discovered in time by Eurojust’s security. In addition to Eurojust, bomb letters were...