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Sentences for suspects in assault on Kevin Kreuger

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The Public Prosecution Service imposed community service orders of 20 and 32 hours on two of the three suspects accused of assaulting JA21 politician and former group chairman Kevin Kreuger in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. The two accepted the orders and must each pay Kreuger €380 in compensation. The orders must be completed within nine months and can still be challenged for two weeks.

Kreuger was assaulted on Osdorpplein after an election debate, after intervening when a group of young people threw a soft-serve ice cream at a woman. An argument followed after he began filming. The third suspect did not accept the proposed penalty, and that case is expected to go to court.

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Explosions and suspected youth conflict in Amsterdam Nieuw-West

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A series of explosions and other violent incidents in Osdorp and Slotermeer prompted police and the municipality to investigate a possible conflict involving young people. Police said social-media accounts linked the incidents to groups described as OSD from Osdorp and BVL from Slotermeer, but the mayor later said the people involved are broad networks of young people rather than clearly defined groups. Mayor Femke Halsema said there were signs that the situation was becoming quieter, while stressing that it remained worrying. The municipality has 39 young people in view; six are under criminal investigation, 13 are receiving a personalised approach, and 31 home visits have taken place. The city installed additional cameras at locations in Nieuw-West for at least three months and deployed extra police, enforcement officers and youth workers. A fast-food restaurant on Tussen Meer in Osdorp was closed for at least three months after it was targeted three times in about a week and a half: an explosive damaged its door on 17 October, an unexploded device was found two days later, and another explosion damaged the entrance on the night of 28 to 29 October. Police had made no arrests in that case and said there was a significant risk of repetition. Separately, police arrested two people after investigating a suspicious situation at a garage unit on J. de Koostraat in Osdorp; the investigation is ongoing.