New images of the disturbances of Saturday night in the Herestraat in Groningen show how dozens of young people are screaming into the McDonalds.
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Rioters attack the police in Herestraat Groningen: agent wounded and three arrests
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Rinaldo, a teenager who doesn’t want to be called by his real name, made the video. ,, The police arrived with batons and then all those young people ran inside. I was shocked by that. I think they had nothing to do with the fights. The police wanted the door to stay closed because it was still too dangerous outside. Nobody was allowed out. “
Fighting
In the Herestraat it was restless after several fights arose within a group of around sixty people. At a charge, agents were pelted with bottles and stones. One of them was injured. Three rioters were arrested.
Rinaldo got the impression that the McDonalds quarrel arose. ,, It all went really fast. One boy approached another and something was pushed. Suddenly I heard someone calling “he has called his cousins. Get out’.”
Two groups of young people
According to a friend of his who also wants to remain anonymous, it concerns two groups of young people who had been fighting for a long time. He was also in the McDonalds. ,, It was very busy so we went outside with our food. There I saw how the two groups got into a fight. They’ve been arguing for a long time. I think one group knew that the others were with a Noorderslag rap group. A father with a crying child called the police. At first there were only agents and later they also came with vans. I wasn’t really scared. I ended up running away and was not there when they started using the batons. “
A McDonalds employee doesn’t want to make statements about what happened that night. Both Saturday and Sunday, the police were unable to give a definitive answer about the reasons for the disturbances. A spokeswoman said the detainees were being heard.
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