People were injured by police fire on Friday in Rotterdam (southwest) where a demonstration against partial containment to fight the Covid-19 pandemic turned into a
"riot"
, local police said.
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"There were injuries in connection with the shots fired",
said the
police
on Twitter, after warning that a
"demonstration (...) degenerated into a riot".
"
Fires were started in various places, fireworks were fired and the police carried out several shots (warning)"
, said
the police
on Twitter.
