Two cafeterias, two supermarkets, a liquor store, a discount shop and a affiliate of Kruidvat. They were all recently victims of robbers. On Wednesday there was another robbery at a party store in Valkenswaard.

Violence was not avoided in the robberies. For example, a Jumbo employee at the Nederlandplein in Eindhoven received a knife on the throat and staff and customers of Kruidvat in Meerhoven were even threatened with an ax and a firearm.

Read more on Ed.nl (in Dutch).