Brussels-Sana
Belgian police arrested 43 people in the capital, Brussels, today, after riots that broke out after a traffic accident in which a 19-year-old was killed.
"The disturbances started last night when a police patrol in the Anderlecht neighborhood in Brussels tried to stop a young man who was riding a small motorcycle, but he refused to stop and the police began chasing him to collide with another police car, which resulted in He was killed instantly, ”he said, noting that riot police spent several hours dispersing demonstrators who gathered after an invitation on social media to demonstrate.
Kempes added that the police officers and seven demonstrators were slightly injured in today's events, stressing that the situation is completely under control.
The mayor said that he had met the family of the murdered young man and that he believed his death was a "pretext used by the rioters" at a time when the Belgian authorities imposed a total closure four weeks ago in an attempt to stem the spread of the outbreak of the new Corona virus.