The Calm Returned to the Hague on Saturday Evening A Demonstration for Stricter Asylum Policies Turned Into Chaos, Destruction and Violent Confrontations with the Police. The Municipality, Outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Various Politicians have reacted with great Indignation to the Riots.
The Malieveld is Almost Empty on Saturday Evening, Except for some Police and Garbage. The Police Removed Diets of Protesters from the Plein at the End of the Day. But Calm Seems to have returned after a demonstration got completely out of hand.
Hundreds of Protesters Entered the A12 Around 1:45 pm, which Road is Near the Malieveld. Officers Were Pelted with Stones, Poles and Fireworks. The Mobile Unit (ME) was called in to get the situation under control, after which the Municipality Issued an Emergency Order.
Organizer ‘Els Right’ Says on x that she “Thinks it’s terrible” What happened in the hague. “I assumed that people came to demonstrate peacefully, unfortunately this turned out very differently for whatever reas. IF I had Known This in Advance, I would never have organized this, “She writes.
“I Condemn All Forms of Violence! What happened here is Incomprehensible. Police officers were cornered and things were destroyed and set on fire,” the organizer reports. The 26-year-old Els Told the ad on Friday that she does not share her last name she fears for the safety of re-family.
Asylum Demonstration On Malieveld Escalates, Windows D66 Office Smashed
Shoved calls riots ‘utterly unacceptable’
Outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof Calls It “Utterly Unacceptable” That Rioters Attack Officers and Destroy, Among Other Things, Police Cars and the Party Office of D66. He expresses his “great respect” for the efforts of the police, mobile unit and Mayor Jan van Zanen.
Shoved Has Every Confidence That the Police and the Public Prosecution Service “Will Do Everything They Can” to Identify and Prosecute The Perpetrators. “Demonstrating is Always Allowed, but Violence is never acceptable.”
Outgoing Minister of Justice Foort van Oosten Emphasizes That Officers Should Be Left Alone. “They Ensure Our Safety. So respect the instructions of the Mayor and Police,” He writes on X.
Police Car on Fire Duration Grim Protest On Malieveld
Parliamentary Leaders Furious About Riots
Frans Timmermans (GroenLinks-Pvda) Writes That the Riots are “Unactable” and “Trrumpean” Conditions, “Fueled by Politicians who Sow Fear and Division. Staying Silent is not an option.” Accordance to the parliamentary leader, The Violence is a result of incitement and hate speech.
Accordance to Geert Wilders (PVV), The Rioters Must Be Dalt with “Very Harshly”. “Blocking the Highway and Violence Against the Police is totally unacceptable. Idiots.” VVD Leader Dilan Yesilgöz: “How do you get it into your head to use violence agures our officers? Make sure scum is arrested, gets severe punishments and pays for all the damage.”
Coalition partner Caroline van der Plas (BBB) calls the rioters “scum” and finds the violence “unacceptable and complete insane.” She says the actions call for “severe penalties”. Eddy van Hijum (NSC) Says: “The Freedom to Demonstrate is a great asset, but this has nothing to do with it. This is pure destruction and violence. You stay away from Political Parties and the Police.”