Fifteen people have been arrested after protests broke out in the Netherlands over a newly-imposed Covid-19 lockdown.
Hundreds of peopled gathered in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden on Saturday night, where videos showed them setting off fireworks and holding flares bellowing smoke.
According to the Northern Netherlands Police Unit, a number of people refused to leave after they called on everyone to return home.
Dutch broadcaster NOS also reported that riot police later moved in to push the protesters off the city’s central square.
Police said on Twitter that officers are continuing to monitor the city which is around 137km north of Amsterdam.
In some of Netherlands, local media reported that bars in the southern city of Breda remained open beyond the new mandated closing time.
Under the new three-week Covid-19 lockdown, bars, restaurants and supermarkets have close at 8pm and stores selling non-essential items are required to shut at 6pm.
