been informed about the fact that a few thousand people were due to come to make a statement about the coronavirus policy. it was agreed to give space to this demonstration even though it was not reported formally to the authorities. unfortunately, the police had to conclude quite quickly that these people had no peaceful intentions. their intention was to riot, challenge the police, destroy public property, set fire to scooters and erect barricades. this meant the police had to scale up their presence. police units from all over the country were brought in. as we speak, there are eight riot police units in rotterdam. that is about 400 officers, excluding arrest teams and officers on horseback, so that is quite a strong police presence. the police have been attacked by rioters. on several occasions, the police officers had to draw their weapons to defend themselves. some aimed shots were fired and people got hurt as a result. as far as we know, now seven people were injured.
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