AMSTERDAM: Dutch police on Monday (Jan 1) mentioned greater than 200 folks had been arrested on New 12 months’s Eve throughout riots all through the nation, wherein dozens of cops had been injured.
Police in a number of cities had been attacked with fireworks and stones, in what a spokesman advised broadcaster NOS was an evening of significant incidents and “unacceptable” violence.
Police in Rotterdam mentioned greater than 100 vehicles and different automobiles had been set on fireplace there, whereas in Amsterdam, The Hague and different cities riot squads had been wanted to disperse violent crowds.
Riot squads had been additionally used all through the nation to help fireplace brigades who had been attacked with fireworks whereas they tried to place out quite a few fires.
Within the metropolis of Haarlem, a 19-year previous man died of accidents he sustained in an incident with fireworks shortly earlier than midnight on Sunday, police mentioned.
