The man wanted to unfold a banner. He is part of a group of demonstrators who drew attention to the political situation in Uganda. The incident did not disrupt the two minutes of silence, the police reported. The man has been arrested.
Out of fear of protests or disruptions due to the war in Gaza, extra measures were taken around Remembrance Day. People had to register in advance and could only enter with an admission ticket.
The Dam was accessible in three places. Visitors were thoroughly searched by the police before they were allowed onto Dam Square. Flags, amplifiers and signs, among other things, were not allowed.
The 4 and 5 May Committee estimated that approximately 4,400 people were present, including 1,500 guests. Ten thousand people were welcome. During previous years there were about twenty thousand people on Dam Square.
Those present saw how King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, among others, laid a wreath. Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, relatives of war victims, representatives of the Dutch armed forces and the presidents of the Senate and House of Representatives also laid wreaths.
Tomorrow, Sunday May 5, the Netherlands will celebrate its liberation by the Allies in May 1945.
(Source: NU.nl)
NOTE: Every year on May 4 at 8 p.m., the Netherlands commemorates with a 2-minute silence all Dutch victims of the Second World War by Germany in Europe, but also the victims by Japan in Indonesia, which until 1949 was a Dutch colony as the Dutch East Indies. Since 1961, the commemoration has been expanded and the Netherlands commemorates all Dutch victims who died as a result of war actions since 1940, including wars after 1945 (for example when Dutch soldiers were deployed in United Nations peace missions).
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