Netherlands Has Worst Riots in Four Decades Over Covid Curbs
- Incidents started when government added curfew to measures
- Polls show caretaker PM Rutte will likely keep job after vote
Police arrested more than 150 people after incidents in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and smaller Dutch cities on Monday.
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The Netherlands faced its worst civil unrest in four decades after a third night of rioting against a government curfew aimed at curbing the pandemic, just weeks before a national election.
Police arrested 184 people after incidents in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and smaller Dutch cities on Monday evening, news agency ANP reported. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday described the disturbances as “criminal violence.”