Suspect Arrested in Violent Death of Hajar
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A 23-year-old man previously treated as a witness has been arrested in connection with the violent death of 29-year-old Hajar in Amsterdam. The suspect was apprehended following a separate incident involving the alleged abuse of his foster father.
Church leaders have offered to house 19,000 status holders for up to three months to relieve the country's saturated asylum reception centers. The proposal arrives as prosecutors seek a four-year sentence for a man who planned an attack on a different asylum site in Doetinchem; it seems the national debate over where to put people has shifted from the political to the judicial and the clerical.
A fire in the historic center of Gouda injured three people and damaged three homes in the early hours of the morning. Elsewhere, PSV Eindhoven beat FC Porto in the Champions League, and national statistics show more citizens are choosing to continue working past the official retirement age.