The police were involved in 25 shooting incidents which resulted in death or injury last year and 18 so far this year, according to new police figures, quoted by the Telegraaf.

In the first seven months of 2011, two people have been shot dead by police and 18 injured. The police say the increase – in 2006 there were just 14 shootings – is due to a hardening of attitudes in society.
‘Research shows that all 25 cases in 2010 were handled properly and justified because it was an emergency situation,’ a police spokesman told the paper.