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| Police to seal Utrecht streets for second night |
| 2007-03-15 |
| The Utrecht neighbourhood of Ondiep is to be sealed off to outsiders for a second night on Wednesday, following two nights of clashes between youths and riot police, a city council spokesman confirmed. The area has been ringed with fences which will be pulled across all roads later today, closing the area to non-residents. At least 130 people were arrested on Tuesday following a number of incidents in both in the city centre and on the fringes of Ondiep. Police said the arrests included a number of football supporters from FC Utrecht, RotterdamÂ’s Feyenoord and AmsterdamÂ’s Ajax who had come to the city looking for trouble. Some 60 people were arrested in Ondiep itself for breaking the ban on public gatherings. The trouble began on Monday following the arrest of two people when youths went on the rampage after a 54-year-old man was shot dead by police. The police officer said he had felt threatened by the man who had a knife. However, local residents told TV reporters that the man himself had called for police help after being harassed by a gang of youths. Ondiep is a largely white, working-class neighbourhood and is the focus of the city councilÂ’s urban renewal efforts. Mayor Annie Brouwer is to meet local people again this afternoon. A police spokesman told ANP that the area will probably be kept under tight control until after ThursdayÂ’s march (stille tocht) in memory of the dead man. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 ...the Socialist mayor of Utrecht... Wysiwyg |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2007-03-15 09:28 |
| #4 Ice I can see this happening in the UK soon as the football hoolies are pissed off with the muzzies!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-03-15 08:18 |
| #3 Ed you are right. LGF has the inside scoop. --------------- Ondiep, a working class neighbourhood in the Dutch town of Utrecht, is in turmoil. After the death last Sunday of Rinie Mulder, a 54-year old indigenous Dutchman who was shot by a police officer, non-immigrant citizens went on a rampage, burning cars, looting shops and arsoning a community centre in “inverted Paris style riots.” According to our sources the police officer who killed Mulder is a woman of Moroccan origin. I'm guessing she is a Muzzy and that was the final straw for the locals. The Ondiep residents have been complaining for months about harassment and intimidation by immigrant youths of (Muslim)Moroccan origin. The Dutch mainstream media do not go into much detail about what is going on. Most of them do not mention the ethnicity of the victim and the police officer, though the riots clearly have an ethnic nature. Apparently Mulder intervened when Muslim youths harassed a pregnant native Dutch woman. He was able to grab the knife of one of the youths. When the police arrived Mulder was shot because he had raised the knife. Witnesses say Mulder was indicating to the police that he had called for them. Locals claim the police has failed to protect them for years. They say the authorities are afraid of the (Muslim)immigrants and tolerate their criminal behaviour. After the death of Mulder the indigenous Dutch decided they had had enough and started riots which went on for two continuous nights. The police made 130 arrests: 60 of them are Ondiep residents. According to the mainstream media the others are mainly “football hooligans” from other parts of the country. Annie Brouwer-Korf, the Socialist mayor of Utrecht, has ordered Ondiep to be sealed off from the rest of town to keep non-residents out. She expressed some sympathy for the frustrated Ondiep residents. “I understand that residents are sometimes upset about the nuisance around their own house and neighbourhood. That does you no good whatsoever.” |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-15 07:41 |
| #2 Less than useless article. Something seems to be missing. Perhaps the M word. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-03-15 06:36 |
| #1 Muslim bashing???? |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-03-15 06:27 |