A car was torched outside Eindhoven's central train station where businesses were also looted. THE HAGUE: The Netherlands was hit by a second wave of riots on Monday evening after protesters again went on the rampage in several cities following the introduction of a coronavirus curfew over the weekend.
Earlier, Prime Minister Mark Rutte condemned"criminal violence" which broke out Sunday, prompting what police officials described as the"worst rioting in 40 years". On Sunday rioters looted shops, burned cars and torched a coronavirus testing station after the country's first curfew since World War II took effect late Saturday."What motivated these people has nothing to do with protesting, it's criminal violence and we will treat it as such."In a larger protest in the southern city of Eindhoven, police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of several hundred.
The Netherlands was already under its toughest measures since the start of the pandemic, with bars and restaurants having closed in October, and schools and non-essential shops shut since December.
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