Riot Breaks Out in Brussels as Student Protesters Rampage Through Streets and Smash up Homes Amid Violent Clashes with Police
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In Brussels, a protest by teachers, students, and trade unions against cuts to French-language education escalated into unrest. Rioters erected barricades and set fires at the Central Station. The police deployed tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters. The facade of the Parliament of the French Community was smeared with red paint. The chairman of the Christian Democratic governing party Les Engagés was attacked near the parliamen…
Several protesters demonstrating in Brussels against cuts to French-language education stormed the Parliament of the French Community on Thursday afternoon. A vote was being held there on the cuts to French-language primary and secondary education in Belgium. The demonstrators set off smoke bombs inside, triggering the fire alarm. The session was subsequently briefly interrupted.
Riot breaks out in Brussels as student protesters rampage through streets and smash up homes amid violent clashes with police
By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:29 EDT, 4 June 2026 | Updated: 19:56 EDT, 4 June 2026 Thousands of protesters clashed with police and rampaged through the streets of Brussels on Wednesday as demonstrations over education cuts descended into violent disorder in the heart of the Belgian capital. Footage from the scene showed masked demonstrators hurling fireworks, setting fires in the road and smashing property as riot pol…
14:13 About a thousand students and teachers protested loudly in Brussels and Namur against reforms in French-language education. Some demonstrators stormed the parliament and threw ro...
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