A 37-year-old man from Tilburg was arrested in that city on Sunday evening after a report was received by the police that a man was shooting in the street. When the suspect was arrested, it was found that he was in possession of a knife and a possible firearm.
The ‘disturbing’ report, in the words of the police, that a man was walking in Sibeliusstraat who was shooting, came to the police just after nine o’clock on Sunday evening. In the bushes in the street in question, officers who went to Sibeliusstraat after the report found the man. This after tips from local residents.
Officers approached the man with guns drawn. Officers yelled at him to show his hands. Which according to the police he did. The man was then handcuffed and taken to the station. An investigation has shown that the weapon he was carrying is an airsoft weapon.
