Dutch police arrest 17 during eviction of former Arnhem gym
The arrests followed an order to leave the former gym. The squatters said they were drawing attention to vacant property during a housing shortage.
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Police arrested 17 people on Thursday evening, 1 October, while clearing squatters from a former gym on Grondelstraat in Arnhem. Officers had told the occupants to leave earlier that day. When they stayed, a mobile police unit was deployed. [1]
A police spokesperson said on Friday that all 17 remained in custody on suspicion of trespass and were due to be questioned that day. [1]
The squatters had told the regional newspaper De Gelderlander that they had occupied the gym earlier in the week to draw attention to vacant property during a housing shortage, ANP reported. [1]
The former gym is managed by a developer that wants to demolish buildings at the site to make way for housing. [1]
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