videoFor the third night in a row, young people have sought confrontation with the police. In several places in the country there was unrest and emergency orders were issued. For example, heavy fireworks were set off, looted and fires were set.
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Marcia Nieuwenhuis, Bram Verbrugge
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Nearly 50 arrests were made across the country on Sunday. In Rotterdam 26, Enschede five, Groningen five and in the Limburg towns of Roermond and Stein also five. A fire broke out in a primary school in Roosendaal, presumably by a fireworks bomb and several arrests have been made.
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Supporters
A few hundred Feyenoord supporters came to the stadium in Rotterdam to encourage their team with a lot of fireworks, despite the empty stands. When a large part had left, the atmosphere changed after the break and the police were pelted with fireworks and cans.
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In Groningen, around a quarter past nine in the city center, De Grote Markt was swept empty on Sunday evening. Shortly before that, an optician was looted. Mayor Koen Schuiling has issued an emergency order. Anyone who misbehaves or does not follow the directions of the police can be arrested. There was a corona demonstration in Groningen on Sunday afternoon, which had gone smoothly.
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Bus shelter and shop window
In the evening large groups of people came together after calls via social media to commit violence, according to the Groningen police. Among other things, a bus shelter and shop window have had to pay for it. Due to the unrest, bus operator Qbuzz reported that it would no longer drive on and around the Grote Markt for the rest of the evening.
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The police also had to intervene in Stein, Roermond, Enschede, Roosendaal and Leeuwarden because of irregularities. For example, young people set off fireworks outside the Cambuur stadium. The ME was forced to intervene against the hundreds of Cambuur supporters who had gathered around the stadium of their club. The game had to be played in the first six minutes Cambuur FC Utrecht to be shut down twice, after that it remained restless on the square in front of the stadium.
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Police officers drew their weapons, but no shots were fired. Three people were arrested. “The way in which rioters have wreaked havoc is criminal,” Mayor Buma van Leeuwarden said in a response to NOS. “Respect for the police and fire brigade who acted under difficult circumstances.”
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Gerrit van de Kamp, chairman of the police union ACP
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Chairman Jan Struijs of the Dutch Police Association reacted with dismay. “In a large number of cities, police officers continue to be confronted with unprecedented and relentless violence.” According to him, “this demands the utmost of police officers to protect their citizens and property”. ,,These are going to be exhausting days and weeks”, predicted the NPB foreman.
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He received support from the chairman of the police union ACP, who reacted stunned. “What else is there to say. We saw this coming. We follow it closely.” According to him, “the violence seems unlimited”. “Police officers face an almost inhumane task.”
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Emergency Ordinance
It was also restless in the center of Enschede, where groups of young people had gathered this Sunday evening. Calm seems to have returned after a grim evening, with a ‘cat-and-mouse game’ between rioters and police. The ME took action to clear the city center. At least five arrests were made.
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Acting mayor Theo Bovens: “For the safety of residents in the city center and to prevent looting and destruction, I have decided, in consultation with the police and the judiciary, to issue an emergency order for the city center.” police and Mobile Unit (ME) able to act against the rioters if necessary, to close streets and clear places and to ban gatherings. “Anyone who ignores the orders of the police can be arrested,” warned the mayor of Twente.
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Also in several places in Roosendaal it was restless. There was a lot of riot police in the city and heavy fireworks were set off here and there. Fifteen people were arrested, the municipality reported at the end of the evening. A fire has started at De Gezellehoek primary school in the De Kroeven district, probably due to a fireworks bomb. The damage to the school is so great that there are no lessons on Monday, the school reported to parents on Sunday evening.
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Roermond and Stein
The police arrested five people in Roermond and Stein on Sunday evening on the basis of the emergency ordinance that applies in both Limburg municipalities. They were arrested for possession of narcotics, failure to show identification and insult, the police said.
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The police were strongly present in both municipalities after the riots on Saturday evening. The emergency ordinance makes it possible for the officers to search people preventively and to act quickly and adequately, according to the police. On Saturday evening, twelve people were arrested in Roermond, one in Stein. This happened during riots in which the police were pelted with heavy fireworks. In both municipalities, dozens of young people had gathered after calls on social media.
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quick justice
Calls for riots were again circulated on Sunday. The police were present all Sunday evening in Roermond and Stein, but also in other Limburg places. “That happens in a visible and invisible way,” said the police. In Roermond and Stein people were approached on the street, where they had to show their ID if asked. Fast-track law is applied to the arrested people as much as possible.
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I strongly repeat my call to share with the police if you are pointed to this kind of messages
Rianne Donders, Mayor of Roermond
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Mayor of Roermond Rianne Donders called on people who have signals of calls for riots to report them to the police. In a letter to the city council, she wrote on Saturday morning that she had heard the first reports about calls for ‘meetings’ in the city. Also on Sunday, people were called to meet again, according to Donders. “I strongly reiterate my appeal that, if you are drawn to these kinds of messages, also share them with the police.”
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Weekend full of violence
Both on Saturday and Sunday things went remarkably often around football matches. For example, several games in the Eredivisie were stopped because supporters had invaded stadiums. Fireworks were also set off near stadiums. The atmosphere campaign at the Rotterdamse Kuip also eventually got out of hand. The police made 26 arrests there.
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