Police unions defended reporting to the child abuse reporting center Veilig Thuis about parents who bring their children to the Extinction Rebellion protests at the A12 in The Hague. "It's absolutely crazy that as a parent you don't realize that this is dangerous," said ACP chairman Wim Groeneweg on behalf of the four police unions.
There was great frustration among police officers who were on duty in The Hague on Saturday at the blockade of the A12 by Extinction Rebellion activists. The failure to prosecute more than 1,500 arrests did not go down well with the police, confirmed Jan Struijs, chairman of the Dutch Police Union, the AD reported. During Saturday's blockade of the A12, 1,579 climate activists were arrested. Most protesters were subsequently released and will not be prosecuted. Furthermore, 40 people were arrested for criminal offenses such as graffiti or insults and will be prosecuted.
One man was found dead, and a woman and child were wounded in an apparent stabbing in Etten-Leur. Few details have been released about the identity of those involved in the Friday morning incident, but police did confirm that all three are members of the same family. The incident happened at a home on Leurse Dijk in the Noord-Brabant city. The emergency services call center was notified of a stabbing at about 5 a.m. Moments later, police and paramedics were dispatched to the scene. A trauma team was also dispatched by helicopter, records show.