Dozens of people provoked this Sunday Riots in central Brussels After the World Cup match played in Qatar… Morocco and Belgium, destroyed vehicles and street furniture, forcing the police to intervene.
According to a post on the social network Twitter, the city’s mayor, Philip Close, condemned the events and advised fans not to go to the centre.
“The police have mobilized all their means to maintain public order.. I have ordered the police to continue the administrative detention of the rebels,” he wrote.
Things started in the middle of the second half. About 150 young people gathered in the center of the Belgian capital set a container on fire, throwing firecrackers and firecrackers.According to the Belgian state television RTBF, they then started beating the parked vehicles in the area.
Footage released by local media shows several fans smashing a car, some carrying the winning Moroccan flag and burning scooters.
“used pyrotechnic equipment, projectile throwing, use of sticks, fire on public roads (…) the destruction of a traffic light and a vehicle surrounded with its occupant.” .
These disturbances led to the intervention of one person. one hundred policeHe asked the citizens to stay away from the center by using tear gas and two water cannons.
They also forced close a few metro stations and close some streets to circulation and affected public transport.
The police carried out a wide deployment on the occasion of the match, which ended in a 2-0 victory for the Moroccan team, as massive riots broke out after Morocco qualified for the World Cup in 2017, resulting in 22 injuries. .
While the riots that took place this Sunday were limited to the city center, celebrations in other parts of Brussels, where a significant Moroccan community live, continue without incident for now.