Violence erupts at right-wing demonstration in Netherlands ahead of election

The Hague, Sep 20: A right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands erupted into violence and chaos Saturday as rioters clashed with police and vandalised a political party’s office, just weeks before the country holds a general election.
Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse rioters who threw objects at officers and torched a police car. Dutch media showed rioters also attacking an office of a centrist political party, D66.
“Scum. You keep your hands off political parties,” the party’s leader Rob Jetten said in a message on X. “If you think you can intimidate us, tough luck. We will never let extremist rioters take our beautiful country away.”
The violence erupted at a demonstration attended by hundreds of people, many of them wearing black and waving flags, that called for tougher asylum policies (AP)