Alerts | Physical attack by public
Covid-19

Dutch newspaper reporter pelted with stones by anti-lockdown rioters

24.01.2021

Date:
24.01.2021
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Europe: Netherlands
Alert types:
Verbal, online or physical attack: Physical attack by public

A reporter from the daily newspaper Brabants Dagblad was pelted with stones and chased by a group of young protesters in the Dutch city of Tilburg during anti-COVID-19-curfew riots.

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