Belgium’s eastern city of Liege is assessing damage after a Black Lives Matter demonstration turned violent Saturday, leaving fast-food outlets and shops looted.
On Sunday, Liege police said nine officers were hospitalized — and 36 total injured — and about 10 people had been arrested.
The apparent trigger was video footage of a Black woman being forcibly arrested by two officers on Liege’s central Place Saint-Lambert last Monday.
A Belgium court on Wednesday referred 14 people suspected of aiding and abetting extremists behind the 2015 Paris terror attacks to the criminal court, media reported.
According to the broadcaster RTBF, Brussels’ council chamber, the first level of general jurisdiction, referred 14 suspects out of the 20 initially indicted in the so-called Paris bis case after a probe into the logistical assistance to the terrorists who carried out attacks in Paris in November 2015. Cases against five others were dismissed, and one defendant is to be tried separately for a different case, the media outlet added.
An Iranian diplomat has been convicted of a plot to bomb a big French rally held by an exiled opposition group.
Assadollah Assadi, 49, who worked at the Iranian embassy in Vienna, was given a 20-year jail term by the court in Antwerp in Belgium.
It was the first time an Iranian official had faced such charges in the EU since the 1979 revolution.
Three others were also convicted. They were arrested during a joint operation by German, French and Belgian police.
Belgium: A manifestation of allochthones degenerates in Brussels. The royal convoy is stoned, while the King was inside the vehicle. Seriously injured police officer
The demonstration for Ibrahima, who died after a police stop, degenerated around 4 p.m. this afternoon in Saint-Josse, place Saint-Lazare, and continues at Place Liedts in Schaerbeek. The demonstrators even attacked the car of the King of the Belgians, whose convoy was passing by.
King Phillipe of Belgium’s car attacked in Brussels pic.twitter.com/FqUmEkOAYJ
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Noun. allochthone (plural allochthones) (geology) Alternative form of allochthon quotations ▼ Inhabitants of a country with an ethnic background in another country, particularly people of Middle Eastern background living in Europe. An animal species that lives only part of its life in a particular habitat.
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The Belgian government has refused permission for the Grand Mosque in the EU quarter of Brussels to be recognised as a local faith community, claiming that the place of worship has been infiltrated by Moroccan spies.
The decision to deny the application was made by the justice minister, Vincent Van Quickenborne, following advice from the security services, according to media reports. Recognition as a faith community secures financial support and assistance from the government.
