# Police arrest 34 after deadly gang shootout in eastern Netherlands

https://mins.news/en/item/40969

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-01 20:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/1/police-arrest-34-after-deadly-gang-shootout-in-eastern-netherlands?traffic_source=rss

> Dutch police arrested 34 suspects after a suspected drug-related shootout in Overasselt, near the German border. A 51-year-old security guard was killed and two police officers were injured. Prosecutors said some detainees were from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Algeria, and linked the violence to a long-running conflict.

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