Dutch police open fire on anti-lockdown protesters in Rotterdam as several European cities brace for further demonstrations against new Covid restrictions.
Police opened fire on anti-lockdown protesters in the Dutch city of Rotterdam Friday as several European cities braced for further demonstrations against new“On a number of occasions the police felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves,” Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters after protesters tore through the city’s central shopping district, setting fires in their wake.
Describing the scenes as"an orgy of violence," he added that “people were injured,” after officers"shot at protesters," although he could not provide information on the extent of their injuries., which added that officers had also been injured in the clashes. Several arrests had been made, police said.
An officer points at a burned car after violence erupted at a protest against the partial Covid lockdown in the Netherlands on Nov. 20, 2021.The protests erupted after the Netherlands became the first western European nation to impose a partial lockdown since the summer as Covid cases soared across the country, reaching record numbers in recent days, with Thursday seeing 23,000 new infections recorded in a single day.
The lockdown, which is set to last for at least three weeks, will see restaurants, bars and essential shops closing by 8 p.m. and non-essential retail shops and services shuttered by 6 p.m. Social gatherings in the home have also been limited to groups of four.back in January, the western European country is not alone in facing opposition to the return of Covid measures.
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