Overview

• Officers used water cannon and tear gas after black-clad groups hurled stones and bottles and tried to push toward the parliament area.
• Around 1,500 people attempted to gather on the A12 motorway, where rioters confronted police and a marked police car was set on fire.
• Authorities reported four injured police officers and several injured journalists, including photographers who were beaten.
• City officials and national leaders condemned the violence, while PVV leader Geert Wilders criticized the rioters and the organizer expressed regret.
• The unrest, which included damage to D66 offices, has intensified scrutiny of far-right mobilization weeks before national elections.