Police cordoned off a portion of Schillingdijk in Amsterdam and evacuated ten homes on Monday evening after a suspicious package was found in a resident's garden. Experts from the defense explosive ordnance disposal unit are currently investigating the object to determine if it poses a genuine threat.
Based on reporting by parool. Translated and condensed by LocalHeadlines.
Authorities evacuated ten homes in the Sloten neighborhood of Amsterdam after a suspicious object was discovered in a front garden on the Schillingdijk. The military's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service has been called to the scene to investigate the potential threat amid a string of recent disturbances in the Nieuw-West district.
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