A suspect in the deadly explosion at The Hague's Tarwekamp said he was so startled by the size of the blast that he drove away in a state of shock, NU reports. The statement came during the ongoing court case into the incident, according to the outlet.
Dutch media covering the hearing described a suspect reacting to the force of the explosion. De Telegraaf reported that the suspect was "in shock" over the enormous bang. AD.nl quoted a suspect described as the alleged "brain" behind the fatal attack saying the disaster was traumatic for him as well.
NOS reported that the plan behind the case began with stealing wedding dresses and escalated to arson. Omroep West, covering the proceedings in a live blog, carried testimony including a 12-year-old girl shouting that she was trapped underneath.
The reporting comes from several Dutch outlets covering the same hearing, and the accounts differ in emphasis. NU's headline focuses on the suspect's reaction to the explosion itself, while NOS frames the case around how the plan developed.
What to watch next: further hearings and testimony as the court case into the Tarwekamp explosion continues.
