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The Public Prosecution Service appealed the acquittal of Jalal O. in the case concerning the fatal 2024 explosion on Schammenkamp in Rotterdam. The appeal was lodged within two weeks of the October 27 ruling.
It has not yet decided whether to pursue the appeal and needs more time to study the judgment in what a spokesperson described as a complex case.
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The Rotterdam court acquitted Jalal O., 37, of involvement in the explosion at Schammenkamp in Rotterdam-Zuid in January 2024, which killed three people. The court found insufficient evidence that he had an active role in the alleged drug lab or caused the blast; he had faced a seven-year prison demand. A single report said O. had been the main tenant of the garage unit for years and that cocaine traces found there could not be linked to either a drug lab or him. Reports said two people were injured in the explosion, while one report said other residents were seriously injured and lost their homes.