Violence broke out in Brussels in the new year as rioters attacked police and firefighters and set dozens of fires in the EU’s de facto capital.
Brussels police said they made at least 159 arrests during New Year’s Eve and had to intervene in more than 1,700 incidents with members of the public. Evening Report.
Meanwhile, firefighters in the EU capital responded to at least 30 car fires, with several cars being set on fire at once in some areas. Three electric bikes were also set on fire in the evening.
Brussels firefighters said at least 54 other fires engulfed various pieces of street furniture, trash and trees.
Police, emergency workers and firefighters all reported attacks with fireworks or Molotov cocktails.
Several buses and trams in the city were also attacked by fireworks, resulting in the hospitalization of a tram passenger.
Belgian sovereigntist political party Vlaams Belang published footage He said it was recorded overnight. Breitbart News was unable to immediately verify the original source of the footage, but it appeared to show police being attacked with fireworks.
Chaotic scenes also unfolded in Antwerp, Belgium’s second-largest city after Brussels, with rioting breaking out shortly after midnight. Police were able to disperse the rioters at around 2 a.m. local time after they came under firework attack Standard,
Antwerp police spokeswoman Kim Bastiens said 49 people were arrested, including 28 minors, four of whom have been prosecuted for acts of public destruction.
Elsewhere, five people died in fireworks-related incidents in Germany, including a 24-year-old man in North Rhine-Westphalia, two men aged 45 and 50 in separate incidents in Saxony, a 20-year-old man in Hamburg, One year old person and one person. 21-year-old man in Brandenburg.
It is said that in the Netherlands too, a fourteen-year-old boy lost his life due to the premature explosion of fireworks.
