Dutch police confirmed on July 5 that officers in the northern part of the country fired both warning—and then targeted—shots at a tractor taking part in a protest against climate mandates.
Police say the tractor was driving toward officers and their vehicles.
The mandated restrictions on nitrogen greenhouse gas emissions are expected to slash livestock numbers and shutter farms across the Netherlands.
Both NoorderNieuws and a Telegram channel used by protesters report the shots were fired in or near Heerenveen, a town in the northern Dutch province of Friesland.
The incident occurred near the entrance to a highway, the A32….