Police open fire on Covid-19 protesters amid ‘orgy of violence’ in Rotterdam

Photos from the scene showed at least one police car in flames and another with a bicycle slammed through its windscreen

Demonstrators protest against government restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic in Rotterdam, Netherlands (Media TV Rotterdam via AP)

Dutch police opened fire on protesters and seven people were injured in rioting that erupted in Rotterdam around a demonstration against Covid-19 restrictions.

The city’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb called it “an orgy of violence”.