Covid-19: new riots in the Netherlands against health measures – Franceinfo

Demonstrations against health restrictions, decided to deal with an outbreak of Covid-19 cases, again turned to riot on Saturday evening, November 20 in the Netherlands. In The Hague, the city where the Dutch government sits, several police officers were injured. Clashes also broke out in Urk, a small Protestant town in the center of the country, and in several towns in the province of Limburg in the south. Similar violence occurred on Friday in Rotterdam, in the southwest, where 51 people were arrested and three were shot and wounded.

In The Hague, police officers in riot gear charged groups of demonstrators who threw stones and various objects at them in a working-class neighborhood. Law enforcement officials also used a water cannon to extinguish burning bikes at a busy intersection. Five police officers were injured and at least seven people arrested.

The Netherlands reintroduced partial containment last week, with a series of health restrictions affecting in particular the restaurant sector, which must close at 8 p.m. The government is now planning to ban certain places for the unvaccinated, including bars and restaurants. More than 21,000 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Netherlands on Friday.