The Brussels police deployed water cannons and tear gas to disperse people gathered on Saturday for the unauthorized La Boum 2 festival in the city's Bois de la Cambre park, Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.
Despite it being banned by the authorities due to current COVID-19 restrictions, initially the police did not intervene and only urged the crowds to wear masks and maintain social distancing, but later in the day several hundred of law enforcement officers surrounded the festival participants in an attempt to force them out of the park. In response, people began throwing stones, tree branches and bottles at the police.
Several people were transported to the hospital in an ambulance.
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The Brussels police deployed water cannons and tear gas to disperse people gathered on Saturday for the unauthorized La Boum 2 festival in the city's Bois de la Cambre park, Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.
Despite it being banned by the authorities due to current COVID-19 restrictions, initially the police did not intervene and only urged the crowds to wear masks and maintain social distancing, but later in the day several hundred of law enforcement officers surrounded the festival participants in an attempt to force them out of the park. In response, people began throwing stones, tree branches and bottles at the police.
Several people were transported to the hospital in an ambulance.
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https://kapwi.ng/c/tWQGa3At
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