An 81-year-old resident of Schagen was seriously injured in a home robbery at a house on Groenling on Friday night and later died in hospital. The robbery was reported to have taken place at about 11.15pm.

Police arrested a 36-year-old man with no fixed address after a pursuit that ended in Obdam. One report said the suspect’s vehicle crashed on the N194 before he fled on foot and was arrested on the Obdammerdijk. The circumstances of the robbery remain under investigation.