Second Night Of Riots In Netherlands Over Curfew
By Jan HENNOP
01/25/21 AT 5:58 PM
The Netherlands was hit by a second wave of riots Monday evening, as protesters again went on the rampage in several cities following the introduction of a coronavirus curfew over the weekend.
Riot police clashed with groups of protesters in Amsterdam as well as the port city of Rotterdam, where people smashed shop windows and ransacked their supplies.
The unrest also hit Amersfoort in the east, the small southern city of Geleen near Maastricht, The Hague and Den Bosch, police and news reports said.
More than 70 people had been rounded up by 2200 GMT, public newscaster NOS reported.