Explosion hits Netherlands' largest political party's headquarters, police say

An explosion ​damaged the headquarters of ​the largest party ‌in the ​Dutch parliament, D66, on Thursday evening, local police said, adding ‌there were no injuries. Police said a suspect had been arrested following the explosion, which happened at the party office ‌in the centre of The Hague shortly after ‌9 p.m. local time (1900 GMT).

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who is also the leader of D66, said a bomb ⁠made ​of fireworks ⁠had been thrown through the letterbox in the frontdoor of ⁠the building in what he described as "a cowardly act of ​intimidation." The centrist, pro-EU D66 party last year ⁠won the election in the Netherlands in a surprise victory ⁠over ​the far right Freedom Party led by nationalist Geert Wilders.

Its head office was also damaged ⁠during an anti-immigration protest last year, when protesters smashed the ⁠windows ⁠of the party seen by many on the far right as serving a progressive elite.

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