Arrests during May Day rallies
Several dozen people were arrested during clashes with police during May Day rallies in Rotterdam and Nijmegen on Saturday, news agency ANP reports.
A small rally of ‘anti-capitalists’ in Nijmegen ended in a battle with riot police as demonstrators threw stones and bottles.
And in Rotterdam, 14 demonstrators were arrested when police tried to confiscate sticks from a number of people. Demonstrators said the sticks were to be used to carry banners.
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