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Students Take to the Streets in Belgium: Police Use Tear Gas to Disperse Them.

Summary by Arti Gerçek
In Brussels, education policies were once again protested by hundreds of young people. Police intervened with tear gas and water cannons, and it was reported that some protesters were detained during the incidents.

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The demonstration that paraded on Saturday in the streets of Brussels degenerated into riots shortly before 1 p.m. ...

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Protests degenerated during the afternoon The tensions escalated on Saturday afternoon, near the Brussels-Midi train station, where protesters used construction fences to raise a barricade and threw the projects at the police. According to Anadolu, the police responded with water cannons and tear gas before heading to the crowd. Approximately 100 students and adults, including teachers and trade union activists, had gathered at the Brussels Cent…

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Riots involving young people broke out again in central Brussels on Saturday, October 17: protesters damaged property, burned garbage cans and cars, and police used tear gas and water cannons.

The French protest wave has also reached Belgium. There were clashes with the police in Brussels. Several hundred people, mostly young people, took to the streets of Brussels, and the demonstration turned into clashes with the police, Reuters reported, quoted by Dir.bg. The protests in the Belgian capital are partly inspired by the demonstrations in France, but they also have their own specific reasons. Belgian student organizations have spoken …

Several hundred, mostly young people, protested in Brussels on Saturday, leading to clashes between rioters and police...

Hundreds of people, mostly young, demonstrated in Brussels today, with demonstrators clashing with police, in riots that were partly sparked by demonstrations in neighboring France. Belgian student movements emphasize that they are protesting the rising cost of education, as well as reforms that, as they fear, will make higher education less accessible. […] The article Episodic demonstrations also in Brussels: Students on the street for the cost…

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La Libre broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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