White, working-class residents in Netherlands continue to riot over immigrant crime.
At least 130 people have been arrested after a second night of disturbances in Utrecht, both in the city centre and fringes of the neighbourhood Ondiep. Police said the arrests included a number of football supporters from FC Utrecht, Feyenoord and Amsterdam Ajax who had come to the city looking for trouble.
Police sealed off Ondiep in an effort to avoid further incidents. Two people were arrested in the neighbourhood on Monday night when youths went on the rampage after a 54-year-old man was shot dead by police. A community centre was set on fire and destroyed during the disturbances.
On Tuesday night gangs of youths gathered in various places around Ondiep. In one incident, stones and bottles were thrown at the police, in another fires were set. The situation in Utrecht had normalised by around midnight, NOS tv reported.
In Ondiep itself there were 60 arrests, mainly for breaking the ban on forming groups in public places, NOS said.
Ondiep is a largely white, working-class neighbourhood and is the focus of the city council’s urban renewal efforts.
Original article
Dutch Neighbourhood Explodes in Violence After Police Shoot Man. Local People Complain About Immigrant Crime
Hogtown Front (Canada) • 3/19/07
In the Utrecht neighbourhood of Ondiep saw riots in the past two days after the police shot a man, Rini Mulder. The man had been fighting with a group of immigrant youths who were intimidating the Ondiep residents on Sunday. They had attacked a pregnant Dutch woman. When police arrived Mr. Mulder raised his arm to indicate that he had called for them. A policeman shot and killed him.
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The killing caused fury amongst the working class White population. Mr. Mulder had been popular amongst his peers and they blamed the police for being too cowardly to touch immigrant youth. Killing Mr. Mulder was the spark that ignited the riots. A former police station in the neighbourhood was burned down on Sunday evening. Football supporters joined the fray and confonted the police.
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Snouck mentions that local people have accused the police of being afraid to touch immigrant youth and have set up their own protection group. According to the Brussels Journal, there are several immigrant neighbourhoods in Europe that the police consider no-go areas.
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