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In Brussels on Thursday, a group of mounted police officers took a young woman into the air. A video shows the Belgian woman tying her jacket around her hips as police officers ride behind her. One of the horses gallops head-on against her and hits her on the head. The woman falls and remains motionless. Walking people rush to help her, but the police don’t stop to take care of her.
She is not the only injured that day. Around 2,000 people gathered at the Bois de la Cambre park in Brussels on Thursday for a free concert advertised on social media. The mass gathering was illegal: the applicable distance and hygiene rules were also violated.
With water cannons against illegal mass rallies
The police were available with water cannons, police dogs and horses to break up the meeting. Sometimes there were violent clashes between the officers and the participants. As the Belgian news agency reports, the crowd was sometimes aggressive and threw bottles at the police officers; at least one officer was hit on the head and taken to hospital.
However, the images show that there were injuries on both sides. There are recordings of at least one policeman and one participant with a bloody face. The woman who was run over by the horse is also one of the wounded.
The video shows riots: Police break up illegal mass gathering in Brussels(01:08)
Dramatic increase in the number of infections.
In recent days, many people in Brussels had already enjoyed the warm spring weather in the city parks. However, scenes such as the Bois de la Cambre had not yet been produced.
The number of corona infections in Belgium has increased dramatically in recent weeks. According to official figures, the 14-day incidence is now just under 550 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. (SDA / ouch)
Posted: Apr 2, 2021, 3:39 pm
Last update: 04/02/2021, 3:58 pm
