vinkzicht

Press release

by on Jan.19, 2009, under Uncategorized

This afternoon, on the 18th of january, two ground floor spaces in the Vinkzicht building in the Kinkerstraat were squatted.actie
Soon after the squat the police arrived, inspected the buildings and OK’ed the squat action for the time being. Soon after that -the police had not left yet- some thugs showed up, started harassing the squatters and smashed a window of a snackbar next to the squat. One of these thugs got arrested.
The whole scene calmed down and a start was made with cleaning up the place.
At seven thirty a gang of about 20-25 thugs showed up, who all spoke Russian. They forced their way into the building with brute force and viciously attacked the squatters, injuring three of them. One had to be admitted into hospital with a fractured jaw.
The thugs operated in an organized fashion, as if they were used to using violence together.
Soon after the police arrived, and the thugs convinced them that they had been sitting inside peacefully, and that the squatters had attacked them. Only after people from the neighborhood had interfered did the police realize their mistake and then decided to enter the building and arrest the thugs that remained there. The building was then handed over to the squatters again, who have started repairing the damage done by the thugs and firmly barricading the place up.


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