27 Jan 2021
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch police said Wednesday that the fourth night of the Netherlands’ coronavirus curfew passed more peacefully than the previous three nights marred by rioting. Even so, officers arrested 131 people, mainly for public order offenses and incitement.
“It was calmer around the curfew on Tuesday night than the days before,” police said in a statement.
Underscoring the role of young people, who have been forced to stay home from school for weeks due to the country’s tough lockdown, police said that most suspects arrested for inciting riots through social media were under age 18.
Police talk to people on a street in the Grote Marktstraat in The Hague, on January 26, 2021 a day after police clashed with groups of demonstrators protesting against the introduction of a coronavirus curfew over the weekend in The Netherlands. (Photo by STRINGER / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by STRINGER/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)