Cars upturned, smoke bombs fired amid clashes in Belgium over new government
- 10 years ago
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION).
STORY: Belgian police and a few hundred protesters, including many dockers, clashed in central Brussels on Thursday (November 6) after what began as a peaceful march against reforms and cost-cutting measures of the new center-right government.
Several cars were overturned and assorted projectiles thrown at the lines of police, who responded with pepper spray and water cannon. Police finally cleared the area with a charge late in the afternoon.
A police spokesman declined to say how many people had been detained and how many police and protesters were injured.
Around 100,000 Belgians had earlier marched through central Brussels in protest against the new government's savings measures. It was the first in a series of demonstrations and strikes planned over coming weeks.
Prime Minister Charles Michel invited leaders of Belgium's three main union branches to talks with the government, although did not offer any obvious conces
STORY: Belgian police and a few hundred protesters, including many dockers, clashed in central Brussels on Thursday (November 6) after what began as a peaceful march against reforms and cost-cutting measures of the new center-right government.
Several cars were overturned and assorted projectiles thrown at the lines of police, who responded with pepper spray and water cannon. Police finally cleared the area with a charge late in the afternoon.
A police spokesman declined to say how many people had been detained and how many police and protesters were injured.
Around 100,000 Belgians had earlier marched through central Brussels in protest against the new government's savings measures. It was the first in a series of demonstrations and strikes planned over coming weeks.
Prime Minister Charles Michel invited leaders of Belgium's three main union branches to talks with the government, although did not offer any obvious conces