Three bombs go off on an average night in the Netherlands, blowing out windows and sometimes causing injury or death.
the blasts, usually caused by illegal fireworks with the strength of a grenade, have created a sense of unease.
The explosions have shaken communities across the Netherlands: In the first half of this year, the authorities recorded nearly 700 such bombings. The explosions cause fear, damage homes and livelihoods, and have occasionally led to deaths or injuries.
Three a night? Umph. Recently, there were some of those in Rotterdam, line of sight from where my daughter lives. But she is not really concerned about this.
I mean, three a night is more than you’d want of course but across an entire country it doesn’t seem that high? Dunno what it was like before this year (I hear the occasional one where I live but nothing too crazy) but I’m not sure how significant of an increase this is compared to last year or the year before.
1000+ a year now, few years back it was maybe half. I can also imagine the damage per explosion is increasing, but not sure.