Dutch police arrest more than 30 amid ongoing unrest over Covid restrictions

Police said Sunday that they arrested 19 people in The Hague and used a water cannon to extinguish a fire on a street
Dutch police arrest more than 30 amid ongoing unrest over Covid restrictions

People gather on Dam Square in front of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam (Peter Dejong/AP)

Dutch police have arrested more than 30 people during unrest in The Hague and other towns in the Netherlands that followed an “ orgy of violence ” the previous night at a protest against coronavirus restrictions.

The violence by groups of youths in The Hague and elsewhere on Saturday was not as serious as that on Friday in Rotterdam, where police opened fire on rampaging rioters and arrested 51 people.

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