Between 400 and 500 Belgian "yellow vests" demonstrated in calm Saturday afternoon in Brussels, under close police surveillance, we learned from the local police.
"Everything went well, there was no damage" during this event in the European district of the Belgian capital, said Ilse Van De Keere, a spokesman for the Brussels police.
About sixty arrests. The police, present in number after the excesses of previous demonstrations, carried out a "sixty" arrests. They were people who "disrupted public order" or carried potentially dangerous objects, which were gradually released, according to this same source.
Appeared in France, the movement of "yellow vests" has been exported to Belgium, particularly in the French-speaking region of Wallonia. Last Saturday, around 400 people were arrested in Brussels during a rally of a thousand people. Protesters had thrown projectiles at the police and a policeman was wounded in the face.
Two police vehicles burned on November 30th. On November 30, still in Brussels, a demonstration of 300 people had degenerated, including two police vehicles burned.
Friday, a motorist died in Erquelinnes, a Belgian border town, hitting a truck stopped by a barrage of "yellow vests" mobilized French side.