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The Bois de la Cambre in Brussels could be very busy again on Saturday as the third edition of La Boum is expected to take place there alongside another planned event, the European Demonstration for Freedom.
Belgium 06:06 After the tensions which led to a violent police intervention at the first La Boum event on 1 April, it was no surprise that the second mass gathering at Bois de la Cambre on Saturday would descend into chaos. The May Day event started, much like the first, in a festive atmosphere. Around 1,000 people gathered in the park on the edge of the Sonian Forest in Brussels after responding to a Facebook invitation from the organisers, the Abîme collective. Numbers swelled to around 2,000 as the mood became more boisterous, overwhelming the 40 park stewards who had been pre-emptivel...
Brussels bracing for illegal festival amid fears of violence Sign In SAMUEL PETREQUIN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this Friday, April 2, 2021 file photo police detain a man in the Bois de la Cambre park in Brussels. Brussels prosecutors warned potential party-goers they should stay away from an illegal gathering planned this weekend in one of the city's biggest park as police briefly detained one of the organizers on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.Francisco Seco/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3FILE - In this Thursday, April 1, 2021 file photo, police use a water canno...
Published on: Saturday, April 03, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: Bystanders and demonstrators are soaked by a Belgian police water canon as police officers surround them at the Bois de la Cambre parc, in Brussels during a unauthorised rally, for a fake concert. BRUSSELS: Police on horseback and using water cannon charged a crowd of up to 2,000 people gathered in a Brussels park for a fake concert announced on social media as an April Fool’s Day prank. AFP journalists at the scene saw projectiles thrown at police in riot gear in the Bois de la Cambre park on the southern side of the Belgian capital...
BRUSSELS, April 2 ― Police on horseback and using water cannon charged a crowd of up to 2,000 people gathered in a Brussels park today for a fake concert announced on social media as an April Fool's Day prank. AFP journalists at the scene saw at projectiles thrown at police in riot gear in the...