Rotterdam news: Dutch police open fire on Rotterdam riots COVID protest | Police clash with Riots

Dutch police have shot and wounded at least two people after rioting erupted in Rotterdam over new Covid-19 measures. Protesters threw rocks and fireworks at them and set police cars ablaze. Hundreds of protesters had gathered to show their anger at government plans for a Covid vaccine pass, and a ban on fireworks on New Year's Eve. The Netherlands imposed a three-week partial Covid lockdown last week as cases surged. Seven people were injured in total and at least 20 arrested in a night condemned by Rotterdam's mayor as "an orgy of violence". Police fired warning shots and direct shots "because the situation was life-threatening", a police spokesperson told Reuters news agency. The city was placed under a state of emergency and its main train station closed as a result of the violence. - BBC NEWS ======= Follow us on: twitter:   / the_apprised   Instagram:   / theapprised   Facebook:   / the-apprised-112458654576483   ======== #rotterdamnews #dutuchopenfire #rotterdamriots