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After violent riots at an illegal mass gathering in a popular park in Brussels, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo condemned the escalation of violence as “completely unacceptable”.
10:56 pm, April 02, 2021
The second day in a row Belgian police broke up a gathering of hundreds of people in a Brussels park for violating crown rules. With Water cannons, horses and tear gasThe last larger groups were expelled from the Bois de la Cambre on Friday evening, as a reporter from the German Press Agency observed. Previously, people had been asked by loudspeaker to leave the park due to violations of hygiene regulations.
In Belgium, at present, only groups of four are allowed to meet abroad. A report from the Belgian news agency mentioned eleven arrests. There were no injuries, he said.
Previously they were Bottles, branches and fireworks have been thrown at the policeas the dpa reporter observed. The last smaller groups were driven out of the park’s undergrowth with tear gas grenades and helmeted rescuers.
According to police estimates, around 1,500 to 2,000 people gathered and celebrated in the park on Thursday after an internet call. As reported by a police spokesman for the German Press Agency, 26 officers and at least eight people involved in the crowd were injured during the operation. Water cannons, mounted police officers and police dogs were used. According to estimates by the security forces, between 1,500 and 2,000 people gathered in the Bois de la Cambre, where they violated the rules of distance and hygiene. Before the mass gathering, according to Belga, a free music event was convened on the Internet. As confirmed by the dpa police, the call was a prank from April Fool. According to Belga, another party in the park has been announced on the Internet for this Friday night.
Police confirmed 22 arrests. In addition, according to the Public Ministry, one of the parties is prosecuted for bodily injury. Of the eight injured partygoers, two were hospitalized for treatment.
The photos showed police officers covered in blood, at least one burning barricade, and obviously drunk teenagers and young adults. In a video posted by the public broadcaster RTBF, a request from the police to interrupt the meeting was heard; the riots apparently only erupted after the loudspeaker announcement.
The security forces were thrown with bottles from the crowd, sometimes very aggressive. and cornered by outnumbered rioters. At least one officer received a blow to the head and was taken to hospital, Belga reported, citing police.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday that he could understand when people are tired of pandemics. The escalation of violence, however, was “completely unacceptable. He stressed that hygiene regulations were there for good reason and that hospitals were filling up. In recent days, many people in Brussels had already enjoyed the warm climate of spring in the parks, scenes like now in the Bois de La Cambre had not yet arrived.
The number of corona infections in Belgium has increased dramatically in recent weeks. According to official information on Friday, the 14-day incidence is now just under 560 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. As early as autumn, the country of 11.5 million people sometimes had one of the highest corona infection rates in Europe. However, strict restrictions temporarily slowed the spread of the virus.
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