ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: A brawl broke in the Netherlands between police and a group intervening in a Quran attack planned by the leader of a far-right extremist political movement, Edwin Wagensveld,.
The Netherlands police on Saturday got into a scuffle with a group trying to stop an attack on the Muslim holy book, the Quran, that was organized by Edwin.
Edwin Wagensveld, the head of the Dutch branch of anti-Islam organization Pegida, was injured during a demonstration in Arnhem where he wanted to burn a copy of the Quran. Despite the intervention of the riot police, counter-demonstrators managed to attack him. Three police officers also suffered injuries, Mayor Ahmed Marcouch told ANP. He said the police were assaulted, and pelted with fireworks and rocks.
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