THE HAGUE, Nov 22 Dutch police said yesterday they had arrested 48 people after a second night of violent riots erupted over the government’s coronavirus measures. Prosecutors meanwhile updated to four the number of people shot when police opened fire during an “orgy of violence”.
THE HAGUE, Nov 20 The mayor of Rotterdam today condemned “an orgy of violence” at protests against Covid-19 measures in the Dutch port city, in which seven people were wounded and more than 20 arrested. Crowds of several hundred rioters torched cars, set off fireworks and threw rocks at.
Dutch anti-curfew protesters clash with police
The first nationwide curfew in the Netherlands since World War II has sparked rioting and looting. Unrest flared up on the second day of tougher coronavirus restrictions that included a night curfew. Police in Amsterdam and Eindhoven used water cannon to disperse protesters.
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