A 36-year-old man from Almere was sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in an attack on a shisha lounge in Offenbach am Main, Germany, where a firework bomb exploded on 18 December. The court found that he and a co-suspect directed those who carried out the attack and arranged payments, making him an essential link in the operation.

The man denied knowing that explosives would be used, saying he believed a package involved contained drugs. The court rejected that account, citing messages and phone records showing contact with the perpetrators, instructions concerning the trip to Germany and the target, and discussion of the attack in a Signal group chat.