French, Belgian police arrest suspects in Amsterdam robbery

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police successful Belgium and France person arrested a antheral and a pistillate suspected of engagement successful a May robbery that sparked a high-speed car pursuit done Amsterdam and a shootout successful which 1 alleged robber was killed, a European Union bureau said Tuesday.

The arrests successful France and Belgium bring to 8 the fig of suspects successful custody pursuing the May 19 robbery successful bluish Amsterdam. Four are French, 3 Belgian and the nationality of 1 is not known.

The robbers, equipped with automatic weapons, raided an armored conveyance that was parked astatine a institution that trades successful precious metals. They fled with metals worthy an estimated 14 cardinal euros ($16.2 million), overmuch of which has been recovered, judicial practice enactment Eurojust said.

Video posted wide connected societal media showed constabulary officers firing weapons arsenic they chased the suspects crossed a tract adjacent the colony of Broek In Waterland, astir 10 kilometers (6 miles) northbound of Amsterdam. A 47-year-old French antheral died successful the shootout.

Dutch constabulary said Tuesday that the recently arrested suspects are a 20-year-old Belgian pistillate and a 44-year-old antheral from Paris. Cars and information retention devices were seized during the arrests connected Monday and Tuesday and consequent searches of the suspects’ homes and a store successful Paris.

Dutch constabulary said they would question to person some suspects transferred to the Netherlands to look trial.