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Despite a number of preventive measures, the rioters again caused a restless turn of the year in Hedel. In the village of Gelderland, north of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, New Year’s Eve has been sad and gloomy for years.
To prevent things from getting out of hand again this year, Mayor Van Kooten of Maasdriel had sent a warning letter to young people who have caused nuisance in the past. Mobile cameras were also installed and the mayor announced that he would “really take action” against the rioters.
Cars, surveillance cameras, mailboxes and road signs were destroyed
Aldermen and residents are asking for it Gelderland broadcast he wondered how things could go wrong again: a group of a hundred rioters caused a lot of damage and hindered the fire brigade. Among the flames, among other things, two cars and a trailer. Surveillance cameras, mailboxes, road signs and trash cans were destroyed.
Councilor Tom van Engelen (D66) has already seen the unrest coming on New Year’s Eve and said he had received advance information from residents about the impending unrest. “I neatly shared all this information with the mayor,” he says. The mayor then communicated that the situation was manageable. “A political term, but I understand that people have obviously experienced it differently.”
‘This is the last time I’ll be here on New Years’
Local residents tell the regional broadcaster they are anxious. “It was almost war here, it was so bad. They weren’t firecrackers, they were bombs. I thought to myself: This is the last time I’m here at the end of the year. I’ve been kicked out of the house here.”
After the events, the mayor spoke of a “very disturbing development” and a “roughening of society”. He calls for a nationwide ban on fireworks.
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