Utrecht explosion was suicide attempt

The explosion which wrecked four homes in Utrecht’s Marnixlaan on Saturday and sent four people to hospital was a suicide attempt gone wrong, news agency ANP reports on Monday.


The 22-year-old who caused the blast suffered severe burns and is in a coma, says ANP.

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