Football violence: €70,000 of stadium damage from Sunday’s Cup final

The Brussels local police have set up a task force to identify the people involved in the incidents surrounding the football cup final last Sunday, May 4. That is why an appeal has been made to hand over images of those incidents. This was reported by the police on Wednesday.

Football violence: €70,000 of stadium damage from Sunday’s Cup final

Apart from arrests, injuries and hospitalisations, the violence in Brussels surrounding the Belgian Cup final on Sunday is estimated to have resulted in almost €70,000 worth of damages to the King Baudouin Stadium, according to Brussels alderwoman for sports Florence Frelinx. “[The stadium] was...

The Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police zone on Wednesday called anyone with images showing the violence perpetrated last Sunday by hooligans in the city centre of Brussels and in the municipality of Laeken to transmit them to it. A judicial task force was set up to analyse these images and identify the perpetrators of the attacks and damage committed on the margins of the Belgian Football Cup. The violence broke out shortly before the final between…

The police are appealing for images of the violent incidents with football fans in Brussels and Laken after the cup final last weekend. The police want to use these images to identify possible perpetrators.

Football hooliganism has decreased significantly in our country, whether it is about regular season matches, first division matches or other high-profile matches.

On Sunday, 4 May, supporters of the Bruges Club who came to attend the final of the Belgian Cup went to popular neighbourhoods in the capital, where they carried out beatings and destruction by uttering racist insults.