The court in Amsterdam on Monday sentenced a 36-year-old man and a 22-year-old man on appeal to 30 years in prison for the mistaken murder of Ayla Mintjes (27) and an attempted liquidation of her boyfriend Anis B. in May 2021. The sentence is equal to the demand of justice on appeal, but considerably higher than the court previously imposed.

The court considers it proven that Samuel Y. (22) and Renato “Nato” F. (36) drove to Mintjes' home on Maassluisstraat in Amsterdam-Slotervaart on May 16, 2021 and waited there until her Mercedes left the parking garage. The suspects then fired on the Mercedes with automatic weapons. At least 36 shots were fired. The court assumes that Mintjes was not the target of the assassination attempt, but her boyfriend Anis B., who sat next to her in the car and was on a death list.

According to the court, shots were fired in a residential area at a time when people are usually on the street. The hail of bullets extended to a distance of many hundreds of meters, even to the top of homes. Anyone in the area of ??the spreading fire was in real danger of being fatally struck. The hail of bullets damaged several homes and vehicles parked in the street.