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Violence erupts at right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands ahead of |
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Story by Associated Press |
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12:31 PM EDT, Sat September 20, 2025 |
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A right-wing demonstration in the erupted into violence and chaos |
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Saturday as rioters clashed with police and vandalized a political |
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party’s office, just weeks before the country holds a general |
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election. |
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Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse rioters who threw |
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objects at officers and torched a police car. There was no immediate |
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word on injuries or arrests. Dutch media showed rioters also attacking |
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an office of a centrist political party, D66. |
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“Scum. You keep your hands off political parties,” the party’s |
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leader Rob Jetten said in a message on X. “If you think you can |
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intimidate us, tough luck. We will never let extremist rioters take our |
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beautiful country away.” |
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A smaller group of rioters headed for the Dutch parliament complex, |
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which is currently fenced off as it undergoes a years-long renovation. |
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The violence erupted at a demonstration attended by hundreds of people, |
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many of them wearing black and waving flags, that called for tougher |
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asylum policies. |
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The unrest comes weeks before an October 29 general election that was |
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called after anti-Islam lawmaker pulled his party out of the ruling |
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coalition in a dispute over moves to rein in migration. |
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In a statement, Wilders condemned the rioters for blocking a highway |
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and attacking police, calling them “idiots” and “scum.” |
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