Netherlands with curfew: young people set fire to corona test station – WELT

I.In the Netherlands, rioting youths set fire to a corona test center. In addition, they had attacked the police with fireworks in the fishing town of Urk, 80 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam, the police said on Sunday.

The young people had violated the nocturnal curfew, which has been in effect since Saturday, due to Corona, which applies from 9 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. 25 people were arrested and dozens of fines were imposed.

The police and local government in Urk were outraged by the riots. The lighting of the test station was a low point, they said. “That is not only unacceptable, but also a slap in the face, especially of the local health authorities, who are doing everything in their power in the test center to help the people in Urk.”

There are fines for violations

Nationwide has the police according to their own information More than 3,600 fines were imposed and 25 people arrested on the first night of curfew. There were also clashes with the police in Stein in the south of the country when the officers tried to end an illegal party with around 100 visitors.

For the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic, the said curfew was imposed in the Netherlands, and it came into force on Saturday evening. Violations are punished with fines of 95 euros each.