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Curfew stays despite 'scum' riots in Dutch cities
BBC
January 27, 2021 7:12 am
The Dutch government says it will not lift a curfew, after a third night of violent protests against increased Covid curbs across the Netherlands.
Shops in Rotterdam and other cities were looted and Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra said: “It’s scum doing this”. More than 180 arrests have been made.
The Dutch chief of police said the riots no longer had “anything to do with the basic right to demonstrate”.
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The criminal violence had to stop, said Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Shop-owners in Rotterdam, Den Bosch and other cities spent Tuesday morning cleaning up the debris from Monday night’s violence.
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