Attacks using firework bombs will "far exceed 1,000 this year"

The number of firework attacks on homes and business premises will probably far exceed 1000 this year, police estimate. Police have registered some 923 attacks and attempted attacks so far this year, the latest of which occurred this week in The Hague, Rijswijk, Rotterdam, Barendrecht and Lelystad. Firebombings are rapidly becoming a trend, police said. Attacks on premises or homes skyrocketed from 212 in 2021 to 1017 last year, according to a new police report. Over 70% of the attacks...