2 soccer matches in The Netherlands were canceled as the rioters forcefully entered the stadium; Austrian protesters waved Freedom flags in response to a complete lockdown from Monday.
- People set bicycles on fire in The Netherlands’ Hague.
- COVID surge across Europe has compelled many nations to introduce several regulations again.
- Thousands of people protest against complete lockdown in Austria.
Fresh unrest has erupted in the Netherlands in opposition to new lockdown regulations amid growing Covid-19 cases in Europe.
People hurled fireworks at police and set fire to cycles in The Hague, at night after protests in Rotterdam became violent and police fired shots to disperse the public.
Thousands of demonstrators in Austria, Croatia, and Italy took to the streets over new curbs.
The growing coronavirus cases on the continent have made The World Health Organization (WHO) “very worried”.
Many governments throughout the continent are bringing in new regulations in a bid to address growing infections. Several nations have lately stated record-excessive daily case numbers. In the Netherlands, the second night of riots broke out on Saturday in numerous cities and towns. As the rebellion surged police used horses, dogs, and batons to chase the crowds away. Officials have introduced an emergency order in the metropolis, and as a minimum seven people have been arrested.
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Police stated a person threw a rock through the window of a passing ambulance sporting a patient. Officers in the metropolis tweeted that 5 police have been injured, with one taken away through ambulance with a knee injury.
2 top-flight soccer matches have been in brief halted after supporters broke into the grounds and ran onto the pitch. Fans are presently banned from stadiums due to new coronavirus regulations.
Tens of thousands of humans protested in Austria’s capital Vienna after the authorities introduced a brand new countrywide lockdown and plan to make jabs obligatory in February 2022. It is the primary European nation to make vaccination a prison requirement.
Brandishing countrywide flags and banners reading “Freedom”, protesters shouted “Resistance!” and booed the police.
A 20-day national lockdown is being imposed in the nation from Monday, shutting all but crucial stores and ordering humans to work from home.
