URK, Netherlands (AP) – Rebellious youths protesting on the first night of a Dutch curfew burned down a coronavirus test facility and threw fireworks at police in a Dutch fishing village.
Police said on Sunday that they had fined more than 3,600 people nationwide for violating the curfew that took place from 9pm to Sunday at 4:30 a.m. and arrested 25 people for violating the curfew or for violence.
The video of the town of Urk, 80 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam, shows young people breaking into the coronavirus test facility near the town’s harbor before it was set on fire on Saturday night.
Police and the municipality issued a statement on Sunday expressing their anger over rioting, “from throwing fireworks and stones to the destruction of police cars and with the test site igniting as a deep end.”
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“This is not only unacceptable but also a slap in the face, especially for the local health care staff who are doing everything in their power to help people from Urk,” the local authorities said, adding that the curfew rule will be strict. enforced for the rest of the week.
A police officer takes pictures of a torch test facility for coronavirus in the Dutch fishing village of Urk on Sunday, January 24, 2021, after it was set on fire on Saturday night by riotous youths protesting on the first night of a nationwide curfew. (AP Photo / Peter Dejong)
On Sunday, the portable building used for administering coronavirus tests had only a burnt-out shell.
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Police in Amsterdam also went on strike on Sunday in protest of a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. The city’s municipality has designated the square a ‘risk area’, a move that gives police extra powers to refurbish people.