The event took place in Urk, 80 kilometres north east of Amsterdam. Stones were hurled at police officers and police vehicles were set on fire. A group of teenagers set a corona screening centre alight, which led to two arrests and dozens of fines.
“I am embarrassed about these events”, Urk’s mayor Van den Bos tweeted. “The fire in a screening centre in Urk goes beyond all limits,” Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said on Sunday.
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On Sunday police used water cannon and dogs in Amsterdam, public television NOS reported, after hundreds gathered to protest the curfew.
In the southern city of Eindhoven, police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of several hundred, regional television Omroep Brabant reported. At least 30 people were arrested there, according to police.
The moment the screening centre was attacked:
