Top News | Anti-lockdown mobs set streets ablaze in Brussels and The Hague in third night of mayhem as Europe’s Covid crisis grows
ANTI-lockdown mobs have set the streets ablaze in Brussels while protesters in The Hague have clashed with police on the third night of mayhem amid Europe's Covid crisis. The protests at the Belgian capital follow Saturday's demonstrations in Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Denmark and Northern Ireland.
AFPProtesters set streets on fire in Brussels '/ ' 
AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators clashed with police in the Belgian capital '/ ' 
ReutersCops said 44 protesters were arrested '/ ' 
AFPProtesters were seen setting rubbish bins on fire '/ ' 
AFPCops used water cannons and tear gas in response '/ ' 
A group of supporters were arrested after they pelted police with fireworks Police estimate that nearly 35,000 people gathered in front of the Gare du Nord train station to protest against the return of strict coronavirus measures the government announced last week, in a bid to curb the rise in Covid cases. Under the new rules, unvaccinated are banned from entering bars and restaurants, working from home four days a week is also mandatory while masks are compulsory for anyone above the age of 10 for indoor and some outdoor activities. Protesters chanting ...Freedom... were seen throwing bottles and fireworks at cops while officers used water cannons and tear gas in response. Demonstrators were pictured clashing with police as they set the capital's streets on fire while some were spotted throwing bricks on the windows of local businesses including a post office. Three police officers were injured and 44 protesters were arrested, Brussels-Ixelles police spokesperson Ilse Van de keere said. "People have been looking for a confrontation with the police," she added. The city's mayor Philippe Close tweeted that he "strongly condemns the troublemakers" and said he ...gave the instruction to make arrests and analyze the videos." Meanwhile, the third night of unrest has been reported in the Netherlands with protesters clashing with police in various cities including Leeuwarden, Groningen Enschede and Tilburg. Most read in News HOLIDAY HORROR Five killed & 40 hurt including 12 kids after driver plows into Xmas parade WHITE OUT Up to nine inches of snow to hit this week as Brits shiver in -7C Arctic plunge 'PRECIOUS ANGEL' Girl, 17, killed in 'hit and run' as witness claims car was 'doing 100mph' BOY'S AGONY I'm 16 but docs say I should receive end-of-life-care - I don't want to die GRIM TOLL Daily UK Covid cases jump 30 per cent in just two weeks as Europe battles surge COVID CRISIS Germany to make Covid jabs compulsory as Europe is crippled by cases & riots According to De Telegraaf an emergency ordinance was issued in Enschede while fireworks were set off at the football stadium in Leeuwarden. Riots in the city of Roosendaal ended up with fifteen people being arrested after a fire was set at a primary school, BN DeStem reported. According to a witness, a lot of smoke was coming from the De Gezellehoek school in De Kroeven district. Five police officers were injured on Saturday while at least 49 people have been arrested, including dozens who threw fireworks at Feyenoord Stadium, during a football game. The protests started on Friday when demonstrators gathered to protest the new lockdown measures in Rotterdam. Dutch police fired water cannon to disperse the violent crowd of protesters who began lighting fires and setting off fireworks in one of the port city's main shopping districts. Police said in a tweet that ...Three rioters were wounded when they were hit by bullets, they remain in hospital.... Seven people were injured while Dutch police have said that 51 people have been arrested, with about half of them being underage. An investigation has been launched into those responsible for the excessive violence. The World Health Organization said Europe was the only region in the world where Covid-related deaths increased leading Belgium's Prime Minister to say the continent was on ...red alert.... Infections have been rising in Belgium with the number of cases reaching 13,836 on Sunday. It comes as hospital admissions are rising at a rate of 30 per cent per week and have reached their highest level since May. More than a quarter are in ICU. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said last week: ...All the alarm signals are red. Europe's map is quickly going red, and we are the same.... 
EPAPolice said three officers were injured '/ ' 
EPADemonstrators threw fireworks at police '/ ' 
AFPPeople were protesting against mandatory vaccinations '/ ' The Belgian protest called ...Together for Freedom... came just hours after it emerged Germany is following Austria's example making vaccines compulsory after a spike in Covid cases. The move was announced after ministers and experts admitted it was ...unavoidable... amid the country's fourth coronavirus wave. Germany recorded 48,201 infections on Saturday \- the highest number of new Covid cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Chancellor Angela Merkel had previously banned unvaccinated Germans from shops and restaurants in draconian Covid restrictions as a string of tougher measures for unjabbed citizens are being enforced. Austria made vaccinations mandatory from February 1 and was preparing to plunge itself into a brutal 20-day lockdown from Monday. Last night similar protests against Covid-19 restrictions erupted in Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, and Northern Ireland after seven people were injured when Dutch police opened fire on anti-lockdown rioters. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Milan and Rome to protest against the Green pass certificates, the vaccine passports required at the country's restaurants, cinemas, theaters, stadiums, clubs, or gyms on Saturday. Meanwhile demonstrators in Vienna gathered to protest after the far-right opposition Freedom Party vowed to fight new Covid restrictions. In the Netherlands, anti-riot police used water cannons to disperse a violent crowd of protesters who firebombed a police car and set off fireworks in one of Rotterdam's main shopping districts as they railed against the country's partial three-week lockdown. A recent study has predicted Europe could face an additional ...300,000 deaths and one million people in the hospital... if Covid restrictions aren't tightened further over winter. 
Protesters gathered in Vienna 
Demonstrators clashed with police in Italy 
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