Arrest total tops 200, police chief calls violence unacceptable

At least 200 people were arrested during the New Year festivities in the Netherlands during what police described as an “unsettled” evening. Emergency service workers were attacked in several parts of the country and there were a number of “serious” incidents, police said. Exact arrest figures will be published later. Riot police were drafted in in Haarlem, Zaandam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Breda, and Groningen well as in several rural areas, and in Culemborg they used tear gas to keep...