Tens of thousands march against Belgium’s Covid measures

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Tens of thousands of people demonstrated through central Brussels on Sunday to protest against reinforced Covid-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter the latest spike in coronavirus cases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many among the police estimate of 35&comma;000 at the rally had already left for home when the demonstration descended into violence as several hundred people started pelting police&comma; smashing cars and setting rubbish bins on fire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officers replied with tear gas and water cannons and sought to restore order as dusk settled on the Belgian capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have injuries but we cannot yet say how many&comma;” police spokesperson Ilse Vande Keere said&period; It was also unclear how many people were detained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; marchers had gathered to protest against the government’s strong advice to get vaccinated and any possible moves to impose mandatory shots&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shouting &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Freedom&excl; Freedom&excl; Freedom&excl;” and singing the anti-fascist song Bella Ciao&comma; protesters lined up behind a banner saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Together for Freedom” and marched to the European Union headquarters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among the crowd&comma; signs varied from far-right insignia to the rainbow coalition flags of the LGBT community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The World Health Organisation said last week that Europe was a pandemic hotspot&comma; 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