A far-right protest in The Netherlands erupted into violence as protestors clashed with police after they threw bottles at officers and torched a police car.

In the chaos that descended, police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse some of the protestors as the demonstration threatened to become a riot.

The anti-migration protestors set fire to a police car and vandalized a political party's office in The Hague, just weeks before a general election is due to take place in the country.

It is not yet known if there has been any injuries or arrests.

Dutch media showed rioters also attacking an office of the centrist political party, D66.