Committee 4 and 5 May: “Rain is the main reason for memorial visitors to stay away”

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Committee 4 and 5 May: “Rain is the main reason for memorial visitors to stay away”

The rain would have been the main reason that not all the people who had registered were at Dam Square. This is what the National Committee told NU.nl today on 4 and 5 May. Due to increased tension in society, including the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the municipality decided to attach additional measures to the memorial this year. The most notable was limiting the number of spectators. Normally, around 20,000 people are on Dam Square dur…