Rioting continues in western Amsterdam
Unidentified young people set another car on fire in the night from Thursday to Friday during the fourth consecutive night of riots in Amsterdam's Slotervaart neighbourhood. The rioting was substantially less than the previous night. No arrests were made but police remained on high alert. The unrest began after two violent incidents took place in Slotervaart, in the western part of Amsterdam, last week. Both times young Moroccan Dutch were involved. The rioting had started as a 22-year old Dutch opf Moroccan descent, Bilal B., entered the office. He walked towards her, jumped over the counter, pulled a knife and stabbed her in her neck. When she fled, he stabbed her twice more in her back. A male colleague tried to help her, but to no avail: he too was stabbed by Bilal, in the neck and chest. The heavily wounded female police officer felt that there was only one way to stop Bilal B. from killing both her and her colleague, pulled out her gun, and shot the attacker. Bilal B. died.
Note EU-Digest:With this kind of violence, regardless if it originates in traditional or immigrant neighborhoods the Dutch police must adopt a zero tolerance policy. Even the president of the neighborhood Slotervaart, Marcouch (who is of Moroccan descent himself), called on the police to adopt a zero tolerance policy. Unfortunately the Dutch police is a very weak force, which does not instill respect and often is not able to enforce order because they favor a ‘soft policy’. This does not work with hardened criminals or uncontrolled youth."
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