Riots broke out in the center of Rotterdam to protest the government’s plan to restrict access to certain places for unvaccinated people. The Rotterdam police have fired warning shots and wounded the protesters.
The police said in a tweet that “someone was connected to the shooting” during the violent riots on Friday night. Riot police used water cannons to try to drive hundreds of thugs out of a central street in the port city.
Dutch media photos showed that at least one police car caught fire and another bicycle was smashed by the windshield.
The police said in a tweet that the rioters set fire and threw fireworks. They said that the authorities closed the city’s main railway station.
Local media said that a group of football hooligans was involved in the riots.
The government has stated that it wants to enact a law that allows companies to restrict the country’s coronavirus passport system to people who have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19, which would exclude people who test negative.
The country has seen a series of record numbers of infections in recent days, and the new partial lockdown took effect a week ago.The number of cases is also increasing EuropeThis is due to the low vaccination rate, the weakened immunity of early vaccinators, and the government’s growing complacency in wearing masks and keeping distance after relaxing restrictions in the summer.
according to Data from OurWorldInData, The EU’s average level has quadrupled in recent weeks, from just over 110 new cases per million people per day on October 1st to 446 on Thursday.
In January, Riots erupt in Rotterdam and other Dutch cities After the government announced a curfew in an attempt to control the soaring coronavirus infection.
Earlier on Friday, the government banned the display of fireworks on December 31 for the second year in a row. The government stated that the ban aims to “prevent as much as possible additional pressure on healthcare, law enforcement and emergency personnel”.
