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Conext: #NMDEDeutscheWelleDW "Dutch police, some mounted on horseback, dispersed hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters from the The Hague's grassed Maliveld field on Sunday on the eve of the Netherlands' snap general election.
The critics of Dutch coronavirus pandemic restrictions -- including a nighttime curfew -- flouted social distancing rules and ignored repeated police calls to go home.
Authorities used water cannon, horses and batons in a effort to disperse demonstrators. A warning shot was fired at one point after protesters kicked a police dog and threatened its handler, police said in a statement.
At least 20 people were arrested, with two demonstrators sustaining injuries from police dogs, according to the statement.
'We don't want the same government again,' 32-year-old protester Elsvis Vanheenst told news agency AFP.
Several carried banners with the text: 'Love & Freedom: No Dictatorship.'" https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-police-clear-anti-lockdown-protest-on-eve-of-election/a-56871608
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