Smoke bomb thrown at Tusk's feet during memorial events in Netherlands

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During the celebration of Liberation Day in the Netherlands, where Donald Tusk and his Dutch counterpart Dick Schoof were to light the so-called "flame of liberation", someone from the crowd threw a flare at the feet of the Polish Prime Minister, according to RMF24, Report informs via UNN

The publication noted that this incident may have been directed against the Polish Prime Minister.

At the same time, during the previous part of the ceremony, when Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans was speaking, some people shouted pro-Palestinian slogans. Dutch media reported five arrests.

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