Dutch police detain 34 over Facebook party riot

Twenty-nine people,including three officers,sustained injuries but none were serious,according to Dutch media.

Dutch police on Saturday detained 34 people when rioting broke out as thousands of party-goers invaded a small town for a teenagers birthday after her Facebook invite went viral,local officials said.

The individuals will be charged with public disturbance and more arrests could be expected after police studies pictures taken of Friday nights clashes in the sleepy northern town of Haren,police chief Oscar Drots told a press conference.

An innocent call on Facebook to party led to riots,destruction,looting,fires and injuries in the centre of the town, Haren mayor Rob Bats said at the press conference,adding that 500 police officers had been called to the scene.

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Twenty-nine people,including three officers,sustained injuries but none were serious,according to Dutch media.

This cannot be tolerated, Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten said,as Haren cleared up the mess. The authors of these acts will be judged,punished and should pay for the damage done.

The police had been on high alert after the schoolgirl posted a message inviting friends to her 16th birthday party,but forgot to mark it as a private event,prompting more than 20,000 replies.

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