The New Year’s Eve in Brussels concluded with the arrest of almost 160 individuals and around thirty burned cars on a night shift in which the police forces counted more than 1,700 interventionsaccording to local media reports.
The new update of the data provided by the Police points, specifically, to the administrative or judicial detention of 159 people in a total of 1,758 police actions carried out between 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday and 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, reports the newspaper ‘Le Soir’.
On the other hand, the fire department of the Belgian capital carried out during New Year’s night 588 interventionsmainly to erase eleven firesa thirty vehicles on fireas well as to extinguish the fire caused on electric bicycles, scooters, trees or bushes, reports the Belga news agency, which also cites around 430 calls to ambulances.
IMAGE: Firefighters trying to put out a fire in Brussels on New Year’s Day. EFE
“It was a very hectic New Year’s night“said Walter Derieuw, spokesperson for the Brussels fire department, according to the VRT channel.
“Se They threw stones at several firefightersincluding people who shot horizontal fireworks and Molotov cocktails were thrown“said Derieuw, who added that “fortunately there were no injuries.”
Crisis center activated
The Brussels region (which includes 19 municipalities) activated the regional crisis center to coordinate the work of the Police, firefighters and health professionals with the aim of facing a night that was expected to be turbulent in light of the events of years ago.
Furthermore, it was The sale, possession and private use of firecrackers and fireworks is prohibitedbut even so two people have been injured from handling this type of product.
IMAGE: Police in Brussels on New Year’s Eve. EFE
The night of the new year in Brussels was also marked by the curfew declared in a neighborhood in the municipality of Anderlecht (which belongs to the Brussels Region) on all under 16 years oldwho were only able to leave their homes starting at 7:00 p.m. yesterday accompanied by their parents or guardians.
The measure sought avoid “urban guerrilla” situations occurred in previous years, in the words of the mayor of Anderlecht, Fabrice Cumps, and was appealed by several affected parties before the Council of State, which saw no urgent reasons to suspend it.
Source: www.vozpopuli.com
