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Politicians, mayors and police condemn rioters as arrest total hits 184 Shop owners in Rotterdam check out the damage. Photo Koen van Weel ANP MPs, ministers and local mayors have condemned Monday night’s riots at towns and cities across the Netherlands, describing them as ‘shameless’ and the work of vandals. Some184 people were arrested in a third night of trouble across the country, which commentators say had little to do with protests against the coronavirus curfew. The destruction led justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus to say that people arrested during the riots will face tougher l...

This shop iin central Den Bosch was looted. Photo: Piroschka van de Wouw ANP Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb has spoken directly to the hundred or so youths involved in Monday evening’s riot, asking them if they now ‘feel happy’ with themselves. Over 50 people were arrested after going on the rampage in the south of the city, smashing windows and looting shops. ‘Do you feel good, now you have caused havoc in your city, that you have caused damage to your city’s shopkeepers?’ Aboutaleb said. ‘Does it feel good to wake up next to a bag full of stolen things?’

Almost 200 held in Netherlands after 3rd night of COVID-19-related unrest By (0) Parts of mannequins are seen strewn in a street on Monday night in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, during protests opposing coronavirus-related curfews and other restrictions. Photo by Marco de Swart/EPA-EFE Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A third night of unrest in the Netherlands stemming from opposition to coronavirus-related restrictions led authorities to arrest nearly 200 people, officials said. Police mademore than 180 arrests on Monday night and early Tuesday, saying that some people were taking advantage of the oppositio...