Various arrest teams have been raiding early in the morning at various places in the Netherlands. In addition, 12 people were arrested in Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague, ranging in age from 20 to 27 years. The raids are related to the attack on the building of newspaper The Telegraaf, June last year.

Houses, sheds and garage boxes were also searched in Zwanenburg, Houten, Utrecht, The Hague, Diemen, Lijnden, Zaandam, Nieuwegein and Amstelveen. Among other things, a car, license plates, GPS trackers, cash, motorbikes and stolen scooters were seized.

The Monday morning operation has been prepared for weeks and is being implemented by the Special Interventions Service.

According to De Telegraaf itself, criminal Ridouan Taghi is behind the attack. Possibly because the newspaper has extensively published several times about the man from Nieuwegein, who is now on the National Investigation List.

For the golden tip that leads to the detection of Taghi and his companion Saïd Razzouki, the police are promising 100,000 euros.