BREAKING NEWS: Covid-19 test centre is hit by explosion in Dutch town that has seen surge in cases

BREAKING NEWS: Covid-19 test centre is hit by explosion in Dutch town that has seen surge in cases

A Covid-19 test centre was hit by an explosion in the Netherlands early today in an area which has suffered a surge in coronavirus cases. 

Windows in the building were destroyed after the blast in the town of Bovenkarspel on Wednesday morning, police said. 

Nobody was injured, but police were still investigating what had caused the early-morning blast. 

Dutch broadcaster NOS reported that police suspected a deliberate pipe explosion outside the test centre. 

While the suspicion of a deliberate attack is not confirmed, it comes weeks after several consecutive nights of rioting against lockdown measures in the Netherlands.

Rioters set fire to a testing facility in the fishing village of Urk during the late-January unrest which followed the introduction of a nationwide curfew. 

More to follow. 

The town of Bovenkarspel, shown on this map of the Netherlands, saw an explosion at a Covid-19 testing facility today 

The mystery explosion at a testing centre on Wednesday comes weeks after several consecutive nights of rioting against lockdown measures (file photo)

The mystery explosion at a testing centre on Wednesday comes weeks after several consecutive nights of rioting against lockdown measures (file photo)