Dutch jail man over Saudi Embassy shooting

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 26, 2021 12:19 am

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: A man who fired shots at the Saudi Embassy in the Netherlands last year was handed four years in jail on Friday (Saturday in Manila), but judges said he had no terror motive. The 41-year-old, only identified as Mohamed A., shot 29 times with a Glock pistol at the embassy in The Hague early on November 12 last year. Nobody was hurt but a security guard is said to still be traumatized. 'The court therefore sentences him to four years in prison,' The Hague District Court's judges said in a statement.

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