Bank Gives Umbrellas Away to Protect People against Owl

Rabobank in Purmerend is handing out free umbrellas to protect citizens against a big owl.  The municipality is also recommending citizens to use umbrellas while outdoors.  The big owl has attacked a number of people and has bitten several people severely, including handicapped people.

http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/binnenland/2015/02/antioehoe_plus_in_purmerend.html

Parliamentarians Complain about Police Computer Consultant

A very expensive consultant was hired to solve the various computer problems the police force are experiencing on a national level. After payments were made of 1.3 million Euros over two years, the problems still haven’t been solved.  The payment amount was far above the government’s norm but the Minister of Justice Opstelten gave special approval.  Parliament now demands explanations from the minister.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/kamer-wil-opheldering-over-automatiseringsproblemen-politie~a3870285/

Hate Imams to Speak in Utrecht

The World Wide Relief organization based in Hilversum has organized a charitable event to take place in Utrecht on March 1^st.  Radical imams will speak there, including one from Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Asim al-Hakeem.  He is of the opinion that the Taliban represents Islam, and that Jews and Christians should be killed.

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1039/Utrecht/article/detail/3870175/2015/02/20/Benefietgala-met-haatimams-naar-andere-locatie-Utrecht.dhtml

Italian Daily: Dutch King Must Pay for Damage in Rome

The Italian daily, Il Tempo, calls for the Dutch king, Willem Alexander, to pay for the damage to public property that the soccer hooligans of Feyenoord have caused in Rome.  It writes to the King that what his co-nationals have done in Rome is an indelible shame to his country.

http://www.elsevier.nl/Nederland/nieuws/2015/2/Italiaanse-krant-koning-betaal-schade-Rome-1711372W/

Dutch Somalian Suicide Bomber had Criminal Record

The Dutch Somalian, Ismail Muse Ahmed Gulet, who blew himself up together with Lula Ahmed Tahirin Mogadishu, killing at least 25 people, had a lengthy criminal past.  This terrorist, who had lived in Tilburg, had been involved in an attack in Djibouti in 2014, where 6 Dutch soldiers were wounded. He was also involved in a separate attack on a restaurant in Djibouti.

http://www.metronieuws.nl/binnenland/2015/02/nederlandse-somalier-eerder-in-beeld-bij-aanslagen

Feyenoord Soccer Fans Wound Police and Damage Property in Rome

Fans of the Rotterdam Feyenoord soccer club clashed with police in Rome before a game with the local club, Roma.  Several police officers were hurt after flares and other objects were thrown at them.  The historic fountain on the Piazza de Spagna, which had recently been restored, was damaged, some say irreparably. Dozens of supporters were arrested, fined and deported.

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31544844

Dutch Somalis Kill 25 People in Mogadishu

The press agency, AFP, quotes the Somali intelligence services that say that the homicide bombing in the Somalian capital Mogadishu was carried out by two Somalians with Dutch passports.  They blew up a hotel and 25 people were killed. The woman was a part-time employee of the hotel, and the two had both Dutch and Somalian passports. 

http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2015/02/21/dodental-van-aanslag-in-somalie-loopt-op-dader-woonde-in-delft/