Reuters in Brussels turns violent protest against Coronavirus cuts

Brussels (Reuters) shot the police, and used water cannons on Sunday to scatter the protesters and fireworks when the government became a violent demonstration of Covid-19 reductions.

Thousands of protesters marched peacefully from the center of the Belgian capital to the European Union headquarters, where the demonstration came to an end.

In the EU quarter, a group of protesters wearing black hoods and shouting “liberte” (freedom) began throwing stones at police and reacting with tear gas and water cannons, according to images and reports from Reuters reporters in attendance.

Protesters were protesting the October rules that forced them to show COVID-19 tickets to bars and restaurants.

“I can’t stand any discrimination, and now there is a discriminatory vaccine passage, discriminatory penalties for (non-vaccine) caregivers, a compulsory vaccine is on our way,” said one martial arts teacher, Alain Sienaort. , he said.

“It’s all discrimination, so we have to deal with it. We don’t want a dictatorship.”

Protests followed new measures announced on Friday to reduce one of Europe’s biggest infections https://www.reuters.com/markets/stocks/belgium-tightens-curbs-avoids-lockdown-covid-cases-peak-2021-12-03. rates, including wearing a compulsory mask for primary school children and extending school holidays.

In late November, a larger number of protesters clashed with https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/around-35000-protest-against-covid-restrictions-brussels-police-say-2021-11-21 police in Brussels . This resulted in dozens of arrests, injuries and damage to real estate.