the group showcased were completely closed to the arrival of Muslim refugees in our country and against” left violence and left fascism ‘, but the demonstration was so controversial that it is square to the Amsterdam Stopera and the metropolitan Blauwbrug a few hours public. The tram traffic was on the sunny spring day, completely shut down for no more than about forty protesters. The hospitality industry in both places had to close its doors for hours.

The NCE supporters held banners along with texts like “Muhammad Not Welcome ‘,’ Defend Europe ‘and’ Stop Refugees. It was also waved Dutch flags.

stood against some demonstrators, including a man forty according to police Across the Stoperaplein. The protesters were kept apart by a total of four riot platoons each fifty agents. There were also police officers between.



Fireworks

Smet on the fairly quiet expired demonstration was that the bus NCE protesters after they were carried away, were pelted at the Amsterdam Sloterdijk Station with fireworks by two counter-demonstrators.

in addition, seven people were arrested at the Stopera, both NCE protesters and counter-demonstrators. These included arrests for bringing the Hitler salute, as displaying anti-Semitic images.

The images related stickers bearing face with big noses on it. The Hitler salute was to have passed the NCE-demonstrators with them leaflets referring to Combat 18-propaganda, a British neo-Nazi group, where 18 refers to the first and eighth letter of the alphabet, A and H, representing Adolf and Hitler. Furthermore, two counter-demonstrators were arrested NCE members were threatening to shoot.



Army

It was striking that there are also soldiers of the Defense Ministry were present at the demonstration. But both the police and the city of Amsterdam said the presence of the soldiers nothing ..

could both the spokesman of the police as the spokesman for the mayor, did not say how much public money has been made available for the demonstration of the NCE . “The costs say we never do anything,” said the spokesman of Mayor Eberhard van der Laan.