Overview

• The demonstration, organized by the right-wing group Els Rechts, drew roughly 1,500 people to Malieveld and was halted before its 17:00 authorization expired.
• Groups left the main site to block a nearby highway and hurled stones and bottles at officers, and at least one police patrol car was set on fire.
• Rioters attacked the D66 party headquarters, breaking windows and setting a container ablaze, prompting a defiant response from party leader Rob Jetten.
• The Hague mayor Jan van Zanen issued an emergency order authorizing tear gas as police deployed a water cannon to disperse crowds, with investigations ongoing and no official arrest or injury totals yet released.
• Populist leader Geert Wilders was invited to the event but stayed away and condemned the violence, calling the rioters “idiots” and “scum.”