Police arrested about twenty minors around Neuve street because they had thrown projectiles. On the Place de la Bourse, where a weekly pro-Palestine demonstration took place, several dozen young people got involved in the demonstrators before seeking confrontation with the police.
“A rally was scheduled for Monday at 7:00 p.m. Monday in Place de la Bourse. About 500 people participated, including a hundred young peopleprecise Ilse van de Keere, Spokesperson for the Brussels Police Zone Capital Ixelles. A procession then formed and borrowed the Boulevard Anspach towards the Gare du Midi. Different groups of young people then started playing the ‘cat and the mouse’ with the police. The police had to intervene to disperse them, using tear gas.”
The police have also used water cannons, while the troublemakers were starting to cause damage and lighting fires, especially on Boulevard du Midi and Porte d’Anderlecht.
“Our patrols remain active on the ground to ensure the maintenance of order “provides the Brussels police.
