Dutch police arrested two teenage boys as they investigated the death of a 60-year-old man they believe was possibly assaulted after a row over snowballs.
Emergency services rushed to the scene in the city of Schiedam but could not resuscitate the victim, who died on Monday.
Police identified the two teenagers from CCTV footage and are questioning them to see what role they may have played.
"A fight may have broken out after snowballs were thrown, and blows were exchanged," Dutch police said in a statement.
"The investigation is ongoing to determine exactly what they did or said."
According to local media outlet Rijnmond, the police believe that teenagers were throwing snowballs at passing cars.
The victim made some comments about this after which an altercation took place, according to Rijnmond.
Like much of western Europe, the Netherlands has been grappling with wintry weather that has blanketed the country in snow, resulting in transport chaos.
