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On the evening of Friday, November 19, violent demonstrations took place in the city of Rotterdam (Netherlands), where demonstrations oppose containment.
These are violent confrontations that opposed the police and the demonstrators in the municipality of Rotterdam (Netherlands), on the evening of Friday, November 19. Police vehicles are stormed by demonstrators and attacked by fireworks. A night of riots in the economic capital of the country, where the demonstrators were repulsed with water cannons. Demonstrations that quickly degenerated in the space of a few hours.
“Their intentions were to revolt against the police, destroy public property and install barricades”, explains Ahmed Aboutaleb, mayor of Rotterdam. The national police were called in to reinforce the violence committed in the city. Nearly 400 police officers deployed on the ground were needed to calm the situation until 1 a.m. The town had already been affected by violent demonstrations at the beginning of the year.
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