{"id":1036598,"date":"2021-11-20T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036598"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:29:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:29:12","slug":"two-shot-as-police-in-rotterdam-open-fire-on-rioters-after-dutch-lockdown-protests-turned-violent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-shot-as-police-in-rotterdam-open-fire-on-rioters-after-dutch-lockdown-protests-turned-violent\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Shot as Police in Rotterdam Open Fire on Rioters After Dutch Lockdown Protests Turned Violent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-shot-as-police-in-rotterdam-open-fire-on-rioters-after-dutch-lockdown-protests-turned-violent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236675660-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Police have said at least two people may have been shot as a result of officers firing warning shots during violent protests in Rotterdam on Friday evening, as demonstrations against the Dutch government\u2019s decision to enact another coronavirus lockdown descended into chaotic riots.<\/p>\n<p>Several people were injured in the riots in Rotterdam on Friday, including police officers, who were pelted with stones and fireworks. Police, in turn, deployed water cannons and fired \u201cwarning shots\u201d which they say may have injured at least two people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe fired warning shots and there were also direct shots fired because the situation was life-threatening,\u201d police spokeswoman Patricia&nbsp;Wessels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/two-injured-as-dutch-police-fire-on-anti-lockdown-rioters-j36nfqvww\">said<\/a> per <em>The Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that at least two people were wounded, probably as a result of the warning shots, but we need to investigate the exact causes further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politie.nl\/nieuws\/2021\/november\/19\/07-liveblog-ongeregeldheden-coolsingel.html\">statement<\/a>, the demonstration started with around 100 people gathering at 8 pm on the Coolsingel, one of the Dutch city\u2019s most famed streets. However, the demonstration soon swelled to hundreds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3809523809524\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Protests turned violent in the Netherlands as crowds in Rotterdam marched against government plans to make a &#8216;coronavirus pass&#8217; mandatory for some indoor venues <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zqTADgZZiW\">https:\/\/t.co\/zqTADgZZiW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N3haRtyRJQ\">pic.twitter.com\/N3haRtyRJQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1462015866837557252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After turning violent, with protesters setting fires to cars \u2014 including at least one police car \u2014 as well as public infrastructure, the police issued orders for people to leave the city centre, announcing through loudspeakers, \u201cViolence will be used or people will be arrested\u201d if they failed to leave, the local NRC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.nl\/nieuws\/2021\/11\/20\/orgie-van-geweld-in-rotterdam-bij-uit-de-hand-gelopen-coronademonstratie-a4066237\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rotterdam Police said that at times the situation was so \u201cdangerous and threatening\u201d that police felt the need to fire warning shots.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s National Criminal Investigation Department is reportedly investigating the actions taken by the police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4642857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rotterdam police clash with rioters as Covid protest turns violent <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsJGcqniXn\">https:\/\/t.co\/dsJGcqniXn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zG9fyWFliT\">pic.twitter.com\/zG9fyWFliT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCWorld\/status\/1462057699500306436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb described the evening as having been an \u201corgy of violence\u201d.&nbsp;Aboutaleb said that at least 20 protesters have been arrested, but added that many more are expected after police review camera footage.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhaus condemned the actions taken by the protesters, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-arrests-riots-netherlands-4db1361cfb69cf650108bea34f391969\">saying<\/a>: \u201cThe riots and extreme violence against police officers, riot police and firefighters last night in Rotterdam are disgusting to see.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cProtesting is a great right in our society, but what we saw last night is simply criminal behavior. It has nothing to do with demonstrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6630434782609\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Violent protests against new Covid restrictions in Rotterdam, the second-largest city in the Netherlands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dx6mGg2tkH\">pic.twitter.com\/Dx6mGg2tkH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trbrtc\/status\/1461807054838976512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The protests come as the Dutch government became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/12\/partial-lockdown-in-netherlands-amid-record-covid-cases\">first<\/a> to reintroduce lockdown measures in Western Europe. The government has also implemented a curfew on certain businesses and has barred fans from attending sports matches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The government has also said that it is planning on putting forward a law that would exclude people who test negative for the Chinese virus from the nation\u2019s vaccine passport system, meaning only those who have been fully vaccinated or have proof of recovery would be allowed into certain public venues.<\/p>\n<p>A planned protest against the measures in Amsterdam on Saturday was cancelled following the riots, with the organiser of the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UWSEU\/posts\/446692837184422?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXECu6uLcqqlyaAv-5kZgumf0t0iUb7kj7fZ-KNX5jib61vy7KcegB1QOnwGn5lEzg1lq9TONBHCzKjAsMTbBXcovIIxORBSQ1uS4GvkdgtCYRK3g-m5D8zSq1lZGG41oqVM3ljy9FQ95OxDqYJ-CwYGKbFhKGxLz6dP6a5vG8hgg&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">saying<\/a> that they could not guarantee the \u201csafety\u201d of the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>A large-scale protest is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2560315\">currently underway<\/a> at the time of this reporting in Vienna in response to the newly formed government in Austria enacting a nationwide lockdown and declaring that vaccines would become mandatory in February, with the unjabbed facing fines and possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">prison sentences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Likely Merkel Successor Sholz Says Mandatory Vaccinations Should Be On the Table <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHK3dm5PDj\">https:\/\/t.co\/JHK3dm5PDj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1461051009157971979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have said at least two people may have been shot as a result of officers firing warning shots during violent protests in Rotterdam on Friday evening, as demonstrations against &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}