Rowdy youth torch Covid-19 testing website in Netherlands as nighttime curfew triggers unrest (VIDEOS)

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The Netherlands has endured its first night time of curfew imposed in a bid to halt the unfold of the coronavirus. The restriction was damaged at a number of areas with issues getting significantly scorching in a single city.

A gaggle of rowdy protesters gathered within the port space of Urk, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of the capital, Amsterdam in a single day, shortly after the curfew went into impact at 9pm. The group was driving vehicles, honking horns, and waving nationwide flags on the sq., footage from the scene exhibits.

The protesters turned rowdy and set a drive-in coronavirus website situated on the sq. on hearth. The group then apparently waited for police to reach to taunt the officers and pelt them with numerous projectiles.

Minor scuffles between the curfew-defiant people and police had been additionally noticed in different components of the city. Some protesters launched fireworks on the officers, who arrived in full riot gear and a sizeable unit of police canine.

The nighttime unrest was condemned by native authorities. Mayor Cees van den Bos known as the occasions “dramatic” and shameful.

“This isn’t solely unacceptable, but additionally a slap within the face, particularly for the native well being authority employees who do all they will on the check middle to assist folks from Urk,” the native authorities stated, promising to strictly implement the curfew sooner or later.

An analogous incident additionally unfolded within the city of Stein near the border with Belgium. A gaggle of round 100 younger folks gathered within the streets, enjoying music and consuming. When a sizeable police pressure was deployed to disperse them, scuffles ensued, leading to not less than 14 arrests.

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Not like many nations worldwide, the Netherlands took a laissez-faire method in battling the coronavirus pandemic all through most of 2020. The state of affairs modified in December, as instances mounted and the federal government turned to harsher measures, and finally to the primary curfew since WWII.

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