Austria Federal Armed Forces Protest Mandates: Shots Fired, cars bashed in lockdown protests in Rotterdam

Lots of video going viral of Rotterdam Police firing warning shots demonstrators against lockdowns.

The Dutch city’s mayor called it “an orgy of violence, “. Euro news reported.

Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters in the early hours of Saturday morning that “on a number of occasions the police felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves” as rioters ran rampage through the port city’s central shopping district, setting fires and throwing rocks and fireworks at officers.

“They shot at protesters, people were injured,” Aboutaleb said. He did not have details on the injuries. Police also fired warning shots.

A number of police officers also were injured in the violence and officers arrested dozens of people and expect to arrest more after studying video footage from security cameras, Aboutaleb said.

from Twitter: The demonstration in the center of Rotterdam against the corona measures is now getting completely out of hand. Several police cars have gone up in flames, the fire brigade has now had to withdraw because of the violence.

Police fire warning shots, injuring an unknown number of people, as riots break out in downtown #Rotterdam at a demonstration against plans by the government to restrict access for unvaccinated people to some venues. Al Arabiya News.

Police in the Netherlands have fired warning shots and used water cannon on protesters after rioting erupted in Rotterdam over new coronavirus measures. Sky News

Meanwhile in Austria:

“The union of Armed Forces  (The Federal ArmyUnion (FGO-BHG))  announced that they will participate in the grand protest in
Vienna next Saturday” Danilo Franco , Canadian official, reported 16 November.

Vienna next Saturday” “The police and the army refuse to make
controls for the sanitary pass under the name of liberty and human dignity’. They will join a large protest against the mandatory lockdown of the non vaccinated 20 November in Vienna‘

Demonstrations against virus restrictions also took place in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands on Saturday, a day after Dutch police opened fire on protesters and seven people were injured in rioting that erupted in Rotterdam, U.S. News reported.

Shots Fired During Anti-Lockdown ‘Riots’ in Rotterdam. Credit: Floris Janssens via Storyful