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Netherlands on brink of ‘civil war’ as rioters strike again over COVID-19 curfew
By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Lee Brown
January 26, 2021 | 8:53am
New York Post
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Anti-lockdown protesters in the Netherlands set fires, looted stores and fought with cops for a third consecutive night of rioting after a strict curfew was imposed — with a mayor warning the nation was “on our way to civil war.”

At least 184 people were arrested during Monday night’s ongoing riots as at least 10 cops were injured as police in some cities fought back with water cannon and tear gas, officials said.

So far, rioters have struck in at least 20 cities and towns across the Netherlands since Saturday, when the nation was forced into its first curfew since World War II.

“We haven’t seen so much violence in 40 years,” Koen Simmers, of the police trade union NPB, said on television program “Nieuwsuur” (“Newshour”). ...
Full story at NY Post

Couldn't find an update, but the unrest is spreading:
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Belgian police are ‘ready’ for coronavirus riots
Thursday, 28 January 2021

Belgian justice and security services are ready to react in case of riots similar to those in the Netherlands happening in Belgium, following calls to protest across the country this weekend.

The Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs, Vincent Van Quickenborne and Annelies Verlinden, assured on Thursday that the security and justice services were at the ready. ...
Brussels Times
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Something I haven't seen reported (for obvious reasons)...

Are these "rioters" ethnic Euros?
Or... are they... mohammedans?

Just wonderin' ...