Officers arrest about 200 people for breaching ban on public assembly after fourth night of protests over death of Aruban tourist Mitch Henriquez

About 200 people have been arrested after the fourth night of unrest in The Hague following the death of a Caribbean tourist at the hands of police.

The arrests were for breaching a ban on public assembly in the inner-city district of Schilderswijk after three nights of clashes led to the arrest of 61 people, mostly teenagers. Police chief Paul van Musscher said protesters pelted officers

with stones and fireworks and threw petrol over them.

The violence first erupted on Monday night after demonstrators gathered outside a police station to protest at the death of Aruban holidaymaker Mitch Henriquez. The 42-year-old father of three died in hospital on Sunday, a day after he

was pinned to the ground in a chokehold by officers at a concert in Zuiderpark.

A postmortem examination ordered by the Dutch prosecution service found he died of asphyxiation, apparently as a result of police handling.

Five officers from the city’s police division were suspended from duty on Wednesday after being identified as suspects in the case.

The incident has ignited tensions in Schilderswijk, which contains three of the 10 poorest postcodes in the Netherlands and where about 85% of the population is made up of first- or second-generation migrants.
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