Two men rob video store in Sneek. Owner Bert Holtrop (76) stops them: ‘I kicked them out of the tent’

Bert Holtrop, one of the last video rental bosses, is in his shop in Sneek. Photo Niels de Vries

On Tuesday evening at a quarter past eight, two young men entered the Videokring at the Nauwe Noorderhorne. “With balaclavas on and a crowbar in the hands,” says Holtrop. “They pushed the monitor off the counter and wanted to get to the cash register. But they knew that. I walked around the counter and kicked them out of the tent.”

‘My fists hurt’

“Two men raid a video store in Sneek. Owner Bert Holtrop (76) stops them: ‘I kicked them out of the tent'”

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