Another Turbulent New Year's Eve in Utrecht: Police Officers Pelted with Fireworks and Molotov Cocktails

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New Year's Eve was once again a turbulent time for emergency services in the province. Things got out of hand, especially in the Kanaleneiland and Overvecht neighborhoods of Utrecht.

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PVV leader Geert Wilders is furious about Dutch immigrants who attacked police with fireworks on New Year's Eve. In Utrecht, for example, police were "continuously attacked by young people" in the Kanaleneiland and Overvecht neighborhoods. Police also faced heavy attacks in other parts of the country.

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Officers in the Utrecht neighborhoods of Overvecht and Kanaleneiland were "massively and almost continuously attacked by groups of young people" during New Year's Eve, police reported Thursday. Heavy fireworks were used in the attack. A water cannon was also deployed several times.