131 arrested on ‘calmer’ night during virus curfew in Netherlands

A police officer speaks to youths on scooters at a roadblock in Amsterdam during a nationwide curfew (Peter Dejong/AP)

Dutch police have said the fourth night of the Netherlands’ coronavirus curfew passed more peacefully than the previous three nights, which were marred by rioting.

Even so, officers arrested 131 people, mainly for public order offences and incitement.