Fires set, police vehicles burned, windows smashed – these are the scenes witnessed in the Netherlands, where anti-lockdown riots continued for a third night in response to some of Europe’s strictest COVID restrictions, which include nightly curfews.
At least 184 people were arrested during Monday night’s ongoing riots as at least 10 cops were injured as police in some cities fought back with water cannon and tear gas, officials said.
So far, rioters have struck in at least 20 cities and towns across the Netherlands since Saturday, when the nation was forced into its first curfew since World War II.
“We haven’t seen so much violence in 40 years,” Koen Simmers, of the police trade union NPB, said on television program “Nieuwsuur” (“Newshour”).
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