Again coffee shop shot in Amsterdam – NOS

In Amsterdam is a coffee shop shot. According to the police, some shots fired at the shop at the Overtoom, which was closed. There are no injuries.

Residents of coffeeshop Vondel called around 04.30 hours the police because they are hard explosions were heard. Agents concluded on the spot that the case was shot. No one was present and the offender or offenders was not a trace.

Roemer is the umpteenth coffee shop in Amsterdam that the last time is shot. Last week was another coffee shop on the Overtoom is the target, and the local broadcaster AT5 counts at least five recent other incidents in the city. In all cases, was shot at a coffee shop after the incident is closed by order of mayor Van der Laan, with an appeal to the safety of the residents.

The police are investigating the shelling. In the media, it is speculated that coffee shops each other shoot off competition concerns, because they know that the fired case is then closed. “That we do not exclude,” says a politiewoordvoerder. “But there are more scenarios that we investigate.”