Employee killed at newly opened business, 19-year-old arrested: ‘Blackest day in 40 years’ Gold Exchange Office

An employee was killed in a violent robbery at a newly opened store in Beverwijk on Wednesday. After a manhunt, a 19-year-old suspect was arrested. The CEO of the Gold Exchange Office, Johan de Ruiter, speaks of ‘the blackest day’ in the more than 40 years that the office has existed in the Netherlands. “We are deeply affected by this terrible event.”

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