Whether the suspicions are true or not, Beyhan and Murat no longer feel safe after the attacks and want to move. But getting urgency for home exchange is not possible through the municipality. They now earn too much for social rent. “We are stuck. For our safety, the municipality also advises that we are moving, but we cannot pay it. If we start renting privately, we will double our costs. We don’t have that money.”
No longer mediate
The municipality does not want to comment on individual cases, but says it does find a huge disappointment that camera surveillance could not prevent a new attack. “Together with the police, we are fully committed to trust and peace in the neighborhood. Of course we as a municipality are in contact with the people to look for solutions.”
“A harrowing matter,” says Claudia Helsloot, director of Mediation Organization Betterburen. “If the police are involved, with camera surveillance and possible attacks by neighbors, the situation is already escalated too far to be able to mediate,” she says. “That these people want to leave, but not being able to do is very annoying. In the event of prolonged nuisance or misconduct, a housing corporation can of course force someone to move, but without a clear guilty that is a difficult story. It is difficult for you to put half the street out of the street.”
How long will it really go wrong?
“We just want peace, but nobody can or wants to help us. What should happen before action is finally taken,” says Beyhan – while she looks at the broken window from her living room.
As long as the investigation is ongoing and nobody has been arrested, it stays with rumors and suspicions. But the fear of the next attack, the family comes over every night. While the glass fragments have already been cleaned up, one question remains in the street: how long is it really going wrong?