Two dead and church gutted by fire in ‘unprecedented’ New Year’s violence in the Netherlands

At least two people were killed in the Netherlands in a string of violent incidents on New Year’s Eve that Dutch police are calling “unprecedented”.

In the southeastern city of Nijmegen, a 17-year-old was killed in an incident involving fireworks shortly after midnight but police have given no further details.

And in the town of Aalsmeer south of the capital Amsterdam, a 38-year-old was killed in another incident involving fireworks which is still being investigated.

Nine Kooiman, the head of the Dutch Police Union, reported an “unprecedented amount of violence against police and emergency services” across the country on New Year’s Eve.

Read more: Euronews