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Two photographers in the Netherlands pelted with stones covering anti-curfew riots

25.01.2021

Date:
25.01.2021
Number of cases:
2
Regions/Countries:
Europe: Netherlands
Alert types:
Verbal, online or physical attack: Physical attack by public

Two photographers from Haarlems Dagblad, Laurens Bosch and Michel van Bergen, had stones thrown at them in the Schalkwijk district of Haarlem. Bosch was chased, hit on the head by a stone and had to seek refuge in a riot police van.

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