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| - A Dutch coronavirus testing centre reopened on Thursday after being damaged by a suspected pipe bomb, as police hunted those responsible for the blast. The explosion on Wednesday in Bovenkarspel, 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Amsterdam apparently targeted health workers. The incident came weeks after another testing centre in a fishing village was burnt down during several nights of rioting against a coronavirus curfew -- the most violent outbreak of unrest in the Netherlands for decades. "The test centre has reopened and the situation is back to normal," Harry Katstra, spokesman for the GGD public health service in North Holland province, told AFP. "Windows are being repaired and we expect a few hundred people to come through to be tested today." Police said a metal cylinder exploded outside the building, close to the scenic town's main station at around 6.55 am on Wednesday. Nobody was injured in the attack. North Holland police spokesman Menno Hartenberg said police investigations continued, but that a suspect had not yet been identified. "We are going through CCTV footage as well as other forensic evidence to see what substances were used in the explosion," he told AFP. The explosion caused shock in the Netherlands, which goes to the polls in two weeks in a general election seen as a test of the government's coronavirus policies. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said staff at the centre who "work terribly hard to keep us safe" appeared to be the targets, adding that it was "really terrible, really scandalous", according to the ANP news agency. jhe/dk/jxb
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