Eight police officers were injured on Saturday during riots at a conference center in The Hague, Mayor Jan van Zanen wrote in a letter to the city council. Police previously reported that six officers suffered injuries. The mayor said that a group of about 700 supporters of the Eritrean government had a party at the conference center on Fruitweg. Parties in parliament want clarification about what happened.
Calm returned to the Fruitweg in The Hague on Saturday evening, where riots broke out during an event for the Eritrean community present in the Netherlands. The unrest happened after a confrontation between supporters of the Eritrean government and opponents who arrived at the Opera conference center.