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Five people, including four minors, were arrested in Amsterdam’s Floradorp district as unrest continued over the rejection of a proposed alternative to the neighbourhood’s traditional New Year’s Eve bonfire.
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Police arrested five people in Amsterdam’s Floradorp district on Thursday night amid continuing unrest over the municipality’s rejection of a proposed replacement for the traditional New Year’s Eve bonfire. Four of those arrested were minors, according to ANP [1].
Police had been in and around Sneeuwbalweg since 3pm, after residents set fires in the street and threw objects at officers. Young people in particular were reported to have set pallets alight, blocked roads and thrown beer bottles, stones and fireworks. Officers were still being pelted shortly before 11.30pm, when the arrests were reported.
Riot police had also been deployed in the neighbourhood on Wednesday. Residents are angry that the municipality rejected their proposed plan to replace the traditional bonfire. The fire brigade said fire safety could not be guaranteed, ANP reported [1].
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