Youth, 16, arrested for shooting of 19-year-old man in garden

A 16-year-old youth has been arrested after a 19-year-old man was shot dead while gardening in Schiedam.

The victim was attacked by three people as he tended the front garden of a house in Weverpad with two other people on Saturday afternoon. Both his companions were wounded in the incident, but their injuries are not life-threatening.

One was taken to hospital for treatment, while the other suffered minor injuries and fled the scene. He was arrested by police but has since been released and is not regarded as a suspect.

Police arrested the 16-year-old male youth in Capelle aan den IJssel on Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of murder or attempted murder. The search for the other two suspected assailants is ongoing.

The shooting may have been a case of mistaken identity, police said. A large-scale inquiry led by the prosecution service is ongoing.

The town’s mayor, Harold Bergmann, has placed security cameras outside the scene of the shooting and two nearby houses where explosions took place the following day. Police have not established if the incidents are linked.