Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Good! Starting to fight back?-----Netherlands: Churchgoers breaking COVID rules attack journalists | World News,The Indian Express

Netherlands: Churchgoers breaking COVID rules attack journalists | World News,The Indian Express
  • Worshippers flouting pandemic measures in the Netherlands have responded to media attention with violence. 
  • Lawmakers have slammed the attacks on reporters.
"Police in the Netherlands arrested a man after he hit and kicked a journalist outside a Protestant church that had opened for a full congregation on Sunday despite the country’s strict lockdown.
...The church made headlines after reports that it was going ahead with a service for its entire congregation. 
The Netherlands is under a strict lockdown and has a rising COVID-19 rate.
The journalist Jacco van Giessen shared a video of the incident on Twitter, writing that “the pain has gone but I am still shocked — I was attacked during my work this morning by a churchgoer in Krimpen.”
...Not an isolated event...Read all.

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