(NL Times) The suspect arrested on suspicion of firing gunshots at the Saudi Arabian embassy in The Hague was convicted on Friday. Mohamed A., 41, was sentenced to four years in prison, six years less than what prosecutors wanted. The prison term will be followed by mandatory psychiatric treatment in an institution. He was alleged to have fired 29 bullets at the embassy on Koninginnegracht at about 6 a.m. on November 12, 2020. He was also convicted in the attempted murder of a security guard.
The Zoetermeer man was fined last year for defacing the building. The court determined that A. wanted the embassy to grant him travel documents for a pilgrimage to Mecca, and he continued to carry out acts that went further and further when he did not get his way. He did it out of anger and revenge, the court concluded. It noted that he has a psychiatric disorder, and said he has “delusions of grandeur with a religious tint.”
