Wilders Calls for Chemical Castration of Somali Charged With Kidnap and Attempted Rape of Dutch Schoolgirl

Dutch politician Geert Wilders, leader of the country’s largest party, has called for the chemical castration of a Somali migrant accused of kidnapping and attempting to rape a 14-year-old girl.

As reported by De Telegraaf, a court in Den Bosch heard on Wednesday that 37-year-old Salah H., a Somali national and father of six, is facing three years in prison for attempted rape, indecent assault, and unlawful deprivation of liberty.

Prosecutors said the minor was abducted in Oss on March 14, 2025, and forced to take drugs before being assaulted.

According to her lawyer, Priya Soekhai, the migrant planned to rape the teenager after she was taken by car to his home, where she was groped and kissed. She managed to escape into the toilet, phoned the police, and gave precise details of the house, car, and suspect. Police later arrived to find her distressed but safe, arresting a man matching her description.

In a victim statement read in court, the girl said, “I feel his hands still on my body. Every time I drive past the place, I feel sick. I am afraid I will meet him again.” Her lawyer said she continues to struggle with severe trauma, avoids meeting new people, and is fearful of leaving the house alone.

The suspect denies the charges, with his lawyer Arjan Syrier telling the court that he was only trying to help the girl after she claimed to feel unwell in the street, suggesting that DNA evidence could have resulted from a handshake.

The court will deliver its verdict on Sept. 17.

Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders wrote on X, “Somali man suspected of kidnapping and abusing a 14-year-old girl. This scum should also be chemically castrated as punishment. That’s what the PVV’s 2025 manifesto says!”

The call for chemical castration echoes the PVV’s broader justice agenda, set out in its 2025 manifesto, which proposes life sentences without parole, tougher penalties for violent and sexual crimes, and the chemical castration of serious child abusers. The program also calls for abolishing psychiatric detention (TBS), banning organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Extinction Rebellion, and imposing stricter prison regimes, including mandatory work and the end of early release.

The case comes just weeks before the Dutch general election on Oct. 29, with the latest Ipsos I&O poll putting Geert Wilders’ PVV in the lead on 31 seats, six ahead of the joint GroenLinks–PvdA list. The VVD trails further behind on 15, with NSC collapsing to a single seat.

With 76 seats needed for a majority, however, the PVV will once again be reliant on forming alliances with other parties, a feat that proved too much in this parliament and led to the early collapse of the center-right coalition government over asylum reforms.