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This Sunday, May 5, the Belgian Cup final was competed between Anderlecht and the Bruges club. A final won in Brussels by Club Bruges. But the day was far from perfect for the winning club since it was enamelled by racist altercations caused by its supporters.
100 men in black, hooded and equipped with batons. When we see this scene, it is difficult to say that they are football fans who came to encourage their team in a national cup final. However, these men belonged well to an ultra-violent fringe of the supporters of the Burges club which faced this Sunday, May 4 Anderlecht this Sunday, May 4 in the Belgian Cup final in Brussels.
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These hooligans were guilty of several assaults on passers -by but also vandalism against shops. These acts have a racist and Islamophobic character which seems proven. They went to Molenbeek, a district that houses an important Muslim community in the Belgian capital, to commit them.
UD83C UDDE7 UD83C UDDEA / UD83C UDDF2 UD83C UDDE6: Flemish hooligans from FC Bruges have attacked the businesses and inhabitants of Molenbeek, mainly Moroccan Brussels district. The young people in the neighborhood have seriously injured several hooligans. #Molenbeek #Bruxelles #Belgium #Morocco pic.twitter.com/d7n6R9XA6Z
— Infos Minutes (@InfosMinutesFR) https://twitter.com/InfosMinutesFR/status/1919137712277233851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
They also took several young people from this district. The latter replied and injured several of their attackers. Despite their actions, some hooligans were rescued by residents of Molenbeek who brought them water.
-A group of suspected far-right ultras
The police announced the arrest of around sixty individuals related to these events. The club saw its victory (2-1) and its title tarnished by these “alleged supporters”. The Bruges club therefore condemned these actions in a statement and announced that it will help the police “to identify the people involved”.
UD83C UDDE7 UD83C Uddea Flash – Hooligans from FC Bruges have vandalized businesses and violently attacked passers -by, as well as a trader and his son in Molenbeek, who are currently hospitalized.
The hooligans who participated in this “raccoon” were immediately repulsed. pic.twitter.com/nXmxMQeFg0
— Tajmaât (@Tajmaat_Service) https://twitter.com/Tajmaat_Service/status/1919130109589463544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The North Fanatics 13, a group of ultras from the Bruges club known for its far-right positions (they had notably been identified in the process of making Nazi greetings), are suspected of being responsible for these facts. Jean-Michel de Waele, a specialist in hooliganism, was surprised on RTL Info of the lack of police presence despite a well identified threat.
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Another source of astonishment for the specialist, the place of these attacks. Molenbeek is not on the way to go to the stadium where the final was argued. There is no doubt about the sociologist: “There was the certain will to go and get the problems and break Arabic!”
