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| Subject: Riot police blast protestors with water cannon and tear gas as thousands march through Brussels demanding end to tough COVID rules Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:06 pm | |
| Belgian police resorted to firing powerful water cannons and using tear gas to control mass demonstrations in Brussels against the EU nation's Covid-19 restrictions earlier today.
Today's protest saw up to 50,000 people demonstrating in the capital of the European Union, including many who had travelled from France, Germany and other European countries to take part and voice their anger.
Protesters yelled 'Liberty!' as they marched through the streets of Brussels and clashed violently with police, while videos emerged of black-clad protesters attacking a building used by the European Union's diplomatic service, hurling projectiles at its entrance and smashing windows.
White-helmeted police riot officers later sought to disperse protesters, who ignored instructions broadcast over loudspeakers that the demonstration was finished and that they should leave.
Police water cannons fired powerful jets at protesters, while thick clouds of smoke and snaking trails of tear gas filled the air in the Belgian capital.
The demonstration called for an end to the country's tough Covid rules as the nation battles an Omicron 'tsunami' which has seen the number of daily infections rise to over 60,000.
Brussels police said 70 people were detained and three officers and 12 demonstrators required hospital treatment.
The protests followed demonstrations in other European capitals on Saturday against vaccine passports and other requirements that European governments have imposed as daily infections and hospitalisations have surged.
.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10432529/Thousands-march-Brussels-demanding-end-tough-Covid-rules.html
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