From the Dept. of Too Soon To Tell If This Is Significant:
A police officer underwent surgery on Monday evening after being shot and seriously injured in Scheveningen near The Hague. The shooting took place at about 5.50pm on Monday on the Vuurtorenweg in Scheveningen. The website of Dutch newspaper 'De Telegraaf' said the 21-year-old officer had been on guard duty in a security hut outside the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. She was apparently able to raise the alarm herself and was airlifted to hospital by a trauma helicopter. The police have revealed little else about the incident or her medical condition. It has not been confirmed whether the shooting was related to the tribunal's work. Investigators sealed off the scene and were carrying forensic examinations late into the evening. |