Police out in force in The Hague to quell
trouble, unrest in other towns
Society
November 21, 2021 Police in Bunschoten, where an anti-coronavirus protest
turned sour. ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / GinoPress
Police were
drafted in to quell trouble in The Hague and several smaller towns on Saturday
night, in the wake of Rotterdam’s Friday night riots. In The Hague, mayor Jan
van Zanen invoked his emergency powers in the Schilderswijk and Transvaal
neighbourhoods, after groups of young men set fires and threw fireworks at
police. One person also threw a stone through the window of an ambulance that
was transporting a patient to hospital, broadcaster NOS reported. Police used
horses and water canon to break up the gangs and at least seven people were
arrested. Police said five officers were injured in the rioting. Eight people
were arrested in Urk, the staunchly Protestant former fishing village, after
dozens of youngsters pelted police with fireworks. Police were already on
standby because of similar trouble last weekend. Police were also out in force
in Roermond in Limburg, where four arrests were made, in Stein in Limburg and
in Bunschoten, near Utrecht. There were also reports of trouble in Katwijk aan
Zee. Rotterdam In Rotterdam itself, there was a heavy police presence but no
repeat of Friday night’s riots, when hundreds of police were drafted in to
restore order. Over 50 people were arrested during and after the trouble.
Police have also now said that three people were injured by bullets in
Rotterdam, rather than two, as initially reported. In Amsterdam and Eindhoven,
police were on the alert after social media reports that riots were being
planned, but there were no real incidents, news website Nu.nl reported. In
Amsterdam, a large group of people had gathered on the Museumplein but mostly
dispersed by mid evening, local broadcaster AT5 said. Football Earlier in the
evening, two Eredivisie football matches were halted for a time after people
forced their way into the stadium and set off fireworks. The trouble was in
Alkmaar, during the AZ-NEC tie and in Almelo at the Heracles-Fortuna game.
Supporters are currently banned from stadiums because of the coronavirus
restrictions.
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