Police Officers and Emergency Workers 'Ambushed', Attacked with Fireworks and Machine Guns

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Police officers and emergency responders were deliberately ambushed during New Year's Eve, where they were shot at with fireworks by groups of young people, according to Deputy Chief of Police Wilbert Paulissen. According to Paulissen, a clear pattern was visible. "You see fires being deliberately started. They assume the fire department will come, which they do, and then they go after the fire department with fireworks. Then the police arrive, …

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On New Year's Eve, a fire truck in The Hague was pelted with heavy fireworks. Emergency services responded to a report of a burning car.

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Two people were injured on Televisiestraat in The Hague due to a fireworks incident, a police spokesperson reported. Emergency responders responding to the incident were attacked.