A 19th century church in Amsterdam was engulfed by fire in the early hours of New Year’s Day
Elsewhere in the Netherlands, a 17-year-old boy and 38-year-old man were killed in fireworks incidents. In Bielefeld, Germany, local police said two 18-year-olds died after setting off homemade fireworks.
Reports of attacks against police and firefighters were widespread across the country.
Petrol bombs were thrown at police in the southern city of Breda. In Rotterdam, the city’s eye hospital said it had treated 14 patients, including 10 minors, for eye injuries. Two received surgery.
What a weird article. Most of these are fireworks accidents possibly inflicted upon the victims by themselves (no details). The cause of the church fire is unknown. Two of the firework deaths were in Germany (why mention that in an article titled ‘Netherlands police face ‘unprecedented’ New Year’s violence’?). Then they kinda sprinkle on some info about reports of violence against police (again, no details).
idk bout the article but it was fucked here. we even got an alert on our phones asking not to call 112 (911) unless youre in a life threatening situation bc they were getting to many phone calls
Could there be a translation issue - like “mayhem” rather?