Two cars on Jan Luijkenlaan in Helmond were seriously damaged by several people. That happened on the night from Sunday to Monday. The reason for the destruction is said to be a dispute between neighbors over a parking space. “I don’t want to live here anymore.”
The parked car of a 61-year-old disabled woman and that of her daughter were targeted by vandals last night. The resident, who wants to remain anonymous, is in tears on Monday morning. “This is a grieving process. You think you have a nice car and then this,” she says, upset.
Son Hans, who prefers not to give his surname, says it was a targeted action. “Local residents saw three boys wearing balaclavas. They smashed all the windows and the hood. This is not a normal action, but an attack,” he says angrily.
“My mother and sister feel very emotional.”
According to Hans, his mother and sister are arguing with the neighbors over a parking space. “My mother has a disabled parking space. My mother and sister park the car in front of their house, but the neighbors across the street demand that everyone has their own parking space,” he says.
“Enforcement has been involved before,” says Hans. “My mother and sister feel very emotional.”
The police conducted a neighborhood investigation on Monday morning and are calling on residents with camera images to come forward. The victim has filed a report, a police spokesperson said.
