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NOS crew obstructed and attacked in Netherlands during curfew riot

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A TV crew for the Dutch public broadcaster NOS also faced intimidation and obstruction from a group of young people as they tried to film a coronavirus test centre which had been burnt down in Urk. During the incident, the security guard accompanying the crew was sprayed in the face with a corrosive substance during an altercation with anti-COVID-19 curfew rioters.

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