A curfew has been in effect in the Netherlands for the first time since Saturday.
After the riots on Sunday, violent riots broke out in the country on Monday evening.
A
curfew
from 9 p.m.
has been in effect in the
Netherlands
since Saturday
.
Protests
against the new
Corona
measure were
called on
social networks
.
On
Monday evening
there were again violent
riots
in several cities.
Update from January 26, 10:35 a.m.:
On Monday evening there were
again
serious riots
in the
Netherlands
during protests against the curfew
.
Hundreds of violent youths rioted in
several cities
and attacked the police
, according to police
.
People had
gathered in the city centers
shortly before the
curfew began
(9 p.m.).
In large groups they
marched
through the streets,
looting
and
rampaging
.
Riots were reported in several cities - including
Amsterdam
,
The Hague
and
Rotterdam
.
According to the police, more than 150 people were arrested.
“
Shameless thieves
”, complained
Rotterdam's
mayor
Ahmed Aboutaleb
about the mob.
Shops in his city had been destroyed and looted, among other things.
"We haven't been able to take stock yet, but it's still a sad result," he was
quoted as saying
by the
De Telegraaf
newspaper
.
The Rotterdam police chief
Fred Westerbeeke
said on the Dutch radio on Tuesday morning that at least ten police officers were injured and more than 50 rioters were arrested in the port city.
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Serious riots broke out in Rotterdam on Monday evening.
© imago images / ANP / Killian Lindenburg
According
to a report by a reporter for the TV station
NOS
, the events
in
Den Bosch
“got out of hand”.
After a fireworks display, a very large group of rioters moved into the city.
“There were
looting
,
fires
, and cars destroyed
along the entire route,
” the reporter said.
Corona riots in the Netherlands: further protests announced
Update from January 25, 9:33 p.m.:
Burned out cars, broken glass, stones.
On Monday morning there was
devastation
in many cities in the
Netherlands
after
serious riots broke out
on Sunday
.
"That is absolutely inadmissible, it has nothing to do with protests, it is criminal violence," said Prime Minister
Rutte
on Monday in The Hague.
But the police now fear that this was just the beginning.
Authorities pointed out that several reports on social media would also
call
for
new protests
on
Monday evening
.
Hengelo, Deventer and Enschede - all in the
east of the country
- were named
as possible locations for new riots
.
Municipalities and police would take the reports seriously and prepare for them, reported the ANP news agency.
Corona riots in the Netherlands: protests against curfew are escalating
First report from January 25th:
Amsterdam - "This is absolutely inadmissible, it has nothing to do with protests, it is criminal violence", Prime Minister
Mark Rutte
condemned
the events of the previous day
on Monday in
The Hague
.
Late on Sunday evening,
the
protests
against the
corona measures
and curfews escalated
in more than ten cities in the
Netherlands
.
The
police
spoke of the
worst riots in 40 years
and expect further riots in the coming days.
Many cities offer a
picture of devastation
the day after
.
Streets and squares were littered with broken glass, burned-out cars and stones on Monday morning.
Last Saturday,
a
curfew came
into force
in the
Netherlands
for the first time since the beginning of the
corona pandemic
.
Protests
against the new
Corona
measure were then
called
on various social networks
.
After initial analyzes, the police assume that
various groups
participated in the violence - including corona deniers, hooligans and also neo-Nazis.
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In front of the train station in Eindhoven, protests against the current corona policy led to violent riots.
© picture alliance / dpa / ANP |
Rob Engelaar
Corona riots in the Netherlands: Mayor of Eindhoven speaks of "civil war"
The
riots began
on Sunday afternoon in the cities of
Amsterdam
and
Eindhoven
.
Protesters attacked police officers with fireworks and stones after they broke up previously
banned demonstrations
with water cannons and tear gas.
Shortly before the
curfew began
at 9 p.m., the unrest spread to other cities across the country.
The
police did not have
the situation under control
until around midnight
.
The
riots
were particularly violent
in
Eindhoven
, in the east of the Netherlands.
The
station
was demolished and shops plundered.
"Hooligans came from all corners of the country, they had met on social media," said
John Jorritsma
, Mayor of Eindhoven.
“If you set the country on fire in this way,
it is like a civil war,
” said the politician.
Other major unrest were also reported from Tilburg, Stein, Roermond, The Hague and Apeldoorn, among others.
The police arrested an unknown number of people.
(ph / dpa)
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