Europe descended into a third day of violence on Sunday as rioters in Groningen in the northern Netherlandsstarted fires and threw stones at police while rallying against the latest anti-Covid measures.
It occurred as tens of thousands of people in Belgium took to the streets to protest against the return of strict lockdown rules aimed at curbing a rise in Covid infections.
Nearly 40,000 people marched on the capital Brussels to protest against new rules banning the unvaccinated from entering restaurants and bars.
Some protesters were seen throwing projectiles at riot police and in response, officers fired water cannon and tear gas at the group. Police have made some arrests, but it is not immediately clear how many.
Video footage from Brussels shows a large group of protesters shouting at police as some light flares and throw them at the officers. The violence came as Austria re-entered lockdown from midnight local time today.
