US EditionViolence erupts at right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands ahead of election
Approximately 1,500 protesters clashed violently with police, resulting in 30 arrests and two officers injured, amid demands for stricter immigration policies before the Dutch general election.
- Dutch police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse violent anti-immigration protesters in The Hague on Saturday, with around 1,500 people blocking a highway crossing the city.
- Thirty people were arrested and two officers were injured as large groups clashed with police, throwing rocks and bottles, and smashing the windows of a political party headquarters.
- Prime Minister Dick Schoof condemned the "shocking and bizarre images of shameless violence", saying it was "completely unacceptable" and the work of "idiots".
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The Hague rocked by far-right protest, 'an unprecedented outburst of violence' in the Netherlands
Several hundred people gathered in the center of the country's political capital on Saturday to protest against immigration, attacking law enforcement and causing significant damage.
Battles between the police and hooligans, who had hijacked a peaceful protest against immigration, marked the beginning of the election campaign in the Netherlands. On Saturday, 20 September, in a beating rain in The Hague, a right-wing influencer running under the pseudonym of Els Rechts (= "right-wing") implored "the people" not to vote for the left in the early parliamentary elections of 29 October. If, unfortunately, her appeal was not heard…
At least 30 arrested after anti-immigration protest in the Netherlands turns violent
A massive protest in the Hague, the Netherlands, turned violent this Saturday after far-right groups issued a call for stricter asylum policies. According to local media, at least 30 people have been arrested out of the approximately 1,500 people who attended the demonstrations. The protests saw clashes with the local police as well as a police car set on fire. The Hague’s mayor deemed the protest “unprecedented” and “unworthy of the Netherlands…
Was the outburst in The Hague an act of riotous hooligans or a form of political violence? Professor Léonie de Jonge sees evidence for...
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Thousands demonstrate against migration in The Hague. In the end, police cars burn, the police use water cannons and tear gas.
Clashes at Anti-Immigration Demonstration in The Hague
An anti-immigration protest involving hundreds of demonstrators turned violent in The Hague on Saturday, September 20th, as right-wing protesters clashed with riot police. Protesters set a car on fire, threw stones and bottles at police officers, and vandalised the office of the center-left D66 political party. The police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Many of the demonstrators were dressed in black, linked to Dutch natio…
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