Dutch police on Wednesday said a coronavirus testing centre north of Amsterdam appeared to have been intentionally targeted after an explosion went off at the facility before it opened.
The blast in the town of Bovenkarspel, 55 km (35 miles) north of the capital, shattered windows but caused no injuries, police from the province of North Holland said in a statement.They said they had cordoned off the area to investigate.
The incident comes shortly before national elections on March 17 widely seen as a referendum on the government's handling of the pandemic. Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD Party is likely to remain the largest, according to opinion polls.