Overview

• Police say more than a thousand people split from an asylum-policy protest in The Hague and carried out large-scale violence, prompting tear gas, vehicle fires, and damage at sites including the D66 office and the Binnenhof works.
• Four officers and multiple journalists were injured; 37 suspects were arrested and 27 remain in custody as investigators review evidence and warn that additional arrests are likely.
• Protest organizer Els Rechts said she was shocked by the riots, condemned violence, and stated she will not organize such gatherings again.
• A 15-year-old boy from Gouda was shot dead by an officer on a McDonald’s terrace in Capelle aan den IJssel after an armed fatbike robbery; the Rijksrecherche opened the standard firearms-use investigation and two other youths were detained in the robbery probe.
• Elsewhere, police handled a fatal A2 motorcycle crash where many drivers ignored red-cross closures and the involved motorist is still sought, a serious A27 collision linked to a fleeing vehicle, and major fires and an explosion under investigation in Groningen and Gelderland.