After the victory of the Atlas Lions against Portugal (1-0), many Moroccan supporters celebrated their achievement in the center of the capital. If the celebrations initially took place in a good-natured atmosphere, the party turned sour a few hours later on the outskirts of Boulevard Poincaré. Smoke bombs, projectiles, violence: the police had to intervene to calm the ardor of some rioters.
Morocco – Portugal: the party ends badly in the center of Brussels, a dozen administrative arrests
The police made dozens of administrative arrests, including many minors. “In total, the Brussels-Capital-Ixelles police zone arrested 49 people. Among them, 24 were minors”, a déclaré Ilse Van dekeere, porte-parole de la police, à nos confrères de Het Laatste Nieuws.
”This is a very worrying figure. This is why we have agreed with the Brussels prosecutor’s office that we will send an official report to the attention of the youth prosecutor’s office.”
Young people risk a municipal administrative sanction (SAC), equivalent to a fine of €350. Ten other administrative arrests were made in other police areas of Brussels.
Nearly 90 arrests in Antwerp
Eighty-seven people were the subject of an administrative arrest on Saturday evening in Antwerp, the police said on Sunday. The party generally went off without a hitch, but a small group aggravated the situation at the end of the evening, specify the police. A police station was thus the target of stone throwing, and two windows were smashed. The police intervened with a fire engine and apprehended a dozen young people.
On the Turnhoutsebaan, vehicles were targeted by pyrotechnic devices. The agents there arrested about seventy troublemakers. A person has been arrested for causing a trash can to explode with fireworks.
Finally, six reports were drawn up and two vehicles were seized for dangerous behavior at the wheel. A partygoer was injured in the hand by the explosion of a firework.