# Third explosive at Amsterdam flats in a week

> Police arrested an 18-year-old after an explosive was placed at an apartment block on the Mt. Lincolnweg overnight, the third such device at Amsterdam flats in a week.

Society · published 2026-10-23 12:08 · https://nlnow.nl/a/explosive-found-at-amsterdam-noord-flats-man-18-arrested/

An explosive was placed at an apartment complex on the Mt. Lincolnweg in Amsterdam-Noord on the night of Thursday to Friday 23 October. Police were alerted to a possible explosive at around 0.20am.

The Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (Explosieven Opruimingsdienst Defensie) made it safe. Residents did not have to be evacuated.

Shortly afterwards, police arrested an 18-year-old man in the NDSM-straat area. Police say they suspect he was involved in placing the explosive.

Three explosives have been placed at apartment complexes in Amsterdam-Noord and Zuidoost in the past seven days. Two of them, at the same residential complex in the Krommehoekstraat in the K-buurt in Zuidoost, went off: on Friday 16 October and again five days later. They caused damage, but nobody was hurt.

Mayor Halsema, fearing a repeat, has introduced emergency camera surveillance in the Krommehoekstraat. It applies until 22 November.

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