http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl The no-nonsense travel guide to Amsterdam, Holland Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:38:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/870-amsterdam-news-in-brief-may-18-2010 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/870-amsterdam-news-in-brief-may-18-2010#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 11:59:26 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=870 • The screamer who created a stampede on crowded Dam square earlier this months remains in pre-arrest.

• The murder of a day care owner last year is being recreated in 3D for use during the trial of the only remaining suspect.

And Westermarkt was the scene of a Kiss-in yesterday -- part of an international effort in support of tolerance.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/870-amsterdam-news-in-brief-may-18-2010/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/788-suspect-in-amsterdam-day-care-owner-murder-killed-before http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/788-suspect-in-amsterdam-day-care-owner-murder-killed-before#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:58:51 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=788 Nevzat Koyak, the main suspect in the murder of Amsterdam day care center owner Arzu Erbas has in the past been convicted in Turkey for murder.

Meanwhile investigators have determined that, other than first thought, Koyak and Erbas did known each other.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/788-suspect-in-amsterdam-day-care-owner-murder-killed-before/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/759-arzu-erbas-muder-crime-passion http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/759-arzu-erbas-muder-crime-passion#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:32:16 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=759 Jealousy over a love affair is the possible motive behind the murder of childcare facility owner Arzu Erbas, Amsterdam police say.

The Turkish-Amsterdam woman arrested earlier this week is thought to have commissioned the murder because she believed her husband had a relationship with Erbas. ]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/759-arzu-erbas-muder-crime-passion/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/756-arrest-arzu-erbas-murder-case-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/756-arrest-arzu-erbas-murder-case-amsterdam#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:05:06 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=756 Amsterdam police this week has arrested a 31-year-old woman in connection with the murder last August of Arzu Çakmakçi-Erbas, owner of childcare facility Moeders Schoot.

A suspect previously arrested in the case is still in custody.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/756-arrest-arzu-erbas-murder-case-amsterdam/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/741-arzu-erbas-murder-suspect http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/741-arzu-erbas-murder-suspect#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:27:06 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=741 Amsterdam police have on Wednesday arrested Nevzat Koyak, a suspect in the murder of daycare center owner Arzu Cakmakci-Erbas.

During his arrest the 41-year-old Koyak told police they were looking for him, and that he had seen his own photograph on the internet.

Police say the man is addicted to drugs and alcohol.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/741-arzu-erbas-murder-suspect/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/734-amsterdam-police-reveal-killer-identity http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/734-amsterdam-police-reveal-killer-identity#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:51:42 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=734 Amsterdam police know the identity of the person who two weeks ago stabbed a daycare owner to death at a parking lot outside her business.

The alleged murderer's identity and photograph will be revealed on national and local TV later today.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/734-amsterdam-police-reveal-killer-identity/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/728-amsterdam-daycare-owner-killed http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/728-amsterdam-daycare-owner-killed#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:57:11 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=728 A 33-year-old woman died at a hospital Monday night after she was was stabbed on a parking lot outside the daycare center she owned and operated at Dr. H. Colijnstraat in Amsterdam.

A number of witnesses who may have seen the killer before or after the murder have contacted Amsterdam police. ]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/728-amsterdam-daycare-owner-killed/feed 0