Police Break Up Aggressive Far-Right Rally in The Hague

Police broke up a rally by far-right activists in the centre of The Hague after participants shouted antisemitic slogans, made Nazi salutes and turned violent against law enforcement officers. The news was announced by Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel on the platform X.

According to him, authorities had no choice but to respond firmly to the aggressive demonstrators. The AP news agency reported that some protesters threw fireworks and other objects at police officers, after which several people were detained.

The Hague authorities banned the planned march after demonstrators gathered in Malieveld Park in the city centre and turned to violence.

Similar unrest a year ago

This is not the first such incident in The Hague: a year earlier, Dutch police had already used tear gas and water cannon to disperse a demonstration against migration policy that also turned violent in places. According to media reports at the time, protesters clashed with police, set fire to a police vehicle and smashed windows at the headquarters of the centre-left D66 party — a party that many on the far right regard as a mouthpiece for the so-called progressive elite.

Source: novinky.cz