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Riots erupt in Netherlands as lockdown protesters rage for third night A man is detained during rioting in Nijmegen, Netherlands. (Photo by Sanne Derks/Getty Images) Dutch police arrested hundreds of people across the country last night in a third evening of unrest triggered by a new night-time curfew. Groups of rioters set fires, threw rocks, and looted stores in violence generated by government-imposed restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned demonstrators, who burned down a Covid-19 testing station in the sleepy fishing village of Urk. Dutch police deploy water canon in effort to end anti-lockdown protests. Reports of looting. Cars in flames https://t.co/DM3oK3m1Nb#Eindhovenpic.twitter.com/a9RFNOY9su anna holligan (@annaholligan) January 24, 2021 ....
| UPDATED: 10:58, Tue, Jan 26, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Dutch police detained more than 150 people in the third night of unrest in cities across the Netherlands, where roaming groups of rioters set fires, threw rocks and looted stores in violence triggered by a night curfew aimed at curbing the coronavirus. John Jorritsma, mayor of Eindhoven, warned the country was on our way to civil war . ....
Europe News: Riot police clashed with groups of protesters in Amsterdam as well as the port city of Rotterdam, where people smashed shop windows and ransacked thei ....
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday condemned riots across the country this weekend in which demonstrators attacked police and set fires to protest against a night-time curfew to slow the spread of the coronavirus, calling them criminal violence . The police said hundreds of people had been detained after incidents that began on Saturday evening and lasted until the early hours of Monday, including some in which rioters threw rocks and in one case knives at police and burned down a COVID-19 testing station. This has nothing to do with protest, this is criminal violence and we will treat it as such, Rutte told reporters outside his office in The Hague. Schools and non-essential shops in the Netherlands have been shut since mid-December, following the closure of bars and restaurants two months earlier. Rutte s government added the curfew as an additional lockdown measure from Saturday over fears that the British variant of COVID-19 may soon le ....
Coronavirus: Dutch PM condemns lockdown riots as criminal violence The Netherlands introduced a nighttime curfew on Saturday to slow the spread of the coronavirus. That prompted a violent reaction from hundreds of protesters who clashed with police across the country. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte accused the rioters of criminal violence Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday condemned the riots that took place across the Netherlands over the weekend. Demonstrators attacked police and set fires to buildings and vehicles as a protest against a nighttime curfew, implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Police said hundreds of people had been arrested after incidents that began on Saturday evening and continued until the early hours of Monday, including some in which rioters threw rocks, and in one case knives, at police. In another incident, youthstorched a coronavirus testing center. ....