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Right-wing protesters clashed with riot police in The Hague on Saturday, as an anti-immigration demonstration attended by hundreds of people turned violent. <\/p>\n
Rioters, many wearing black and waving Dutch flags and flags associated with far-right groups, threw stones and bottles at the police and set one of their patrol vehicles on fire. The police, in return, used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse the crowd. <\/p>\n
Protesters also briefly blocked the highway and vandalised the office of centre-left political party, D66, smashing several windows, local media reported. <\/p>\n
\u201cScum. You keep your hands off political parties,\u201d the party’s leader Rob Jetten wrote on X.<\/a> \u201cIf you think you can intimidate us, tough luck. We will never let our beautiful country be taken away by extremist rioters.”<\/p>\n \u201cShocking and bizarre images of shameless violence in The Hague,\u201d caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof wrote on X,<\/a> calling the attacks on police and the D66 office \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d and expressed confidence that police and prosecutors would apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators.<\/p>\n “There is always room for demonstrations, never for violence,” he concluded. <\/p>\n Hundreds had gathered at the Malieveld in The Hague on Saturday after a young woman, known as “Els Rechts” (translates to “Els Right”), issued a call on social media to protest against immigration and demand stricter asylum laws.<\/p>\n