Violence Erupts at Anti-Asylum Protest in the Netherlands

A police car was set on fire and officers clashed with masked demonstrators as an anti-asylum protest in the Netherlands erupted into violence on Saturday. The demonstration, held in the Hague, drew thousands of people opposed to mass migration but turned violent when protesters began to throw bottles and rocks at officers.

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Some of the rioters, many dressed in black, blocked highways while social media footage showed a police car engulfed in flames. A local office belonging to a Dutch centrist party, Democrats 66, was also attacked.

Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse the rioters, and prevented a small group from accessing a Dutch parliament complex undergoing renovation.

The violence was quickly condemned by Geert Wilders, the leader of the hard-right Party for Freedom (PVV), who is forecast to win next month’s general election.

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