Posted on 05/26/2008 3:49:22 AM PDT by knighthawk
BRUSSELS - Nearly 200 youngsters were detained during riots in the Brussels borough of Anderlecht on Friday evening where immigrant youngsters clashed with supporters of Anderlecht Football Club.
Fourteen police officers were injured. Two are still receiving medical treatment. Twelve rioters were also hurt.
Most of the youngsters were minors and were released in the course of the night.
Earlier in the week, immigrant youngsters used the Internet to unveil their plans to fight with Anderlecht supporters.
There was a massive police presence in the Brussels borough of Anderlecht. The police were deployed between the two groups in an attempt to keep them separate.
Around 7 pm, a group of Anderlecht supporters tried to make their way to the Sint-Guido metro station where immigrant youngsters had gathered.
A hundred and fifty police succeeded in keeping the two groups apart, but the police had to charge on several occasions.
Shortly after 8 pm, Anderlecht supporters again clashed with the police.
Clashes continued throughout the evening. Brussels police also closed four metro stations for the duration of the unrest.
Calm only returned during the early hours.
Considerable damage The clashes led to considerable damage on the De Lindeplein in Anderlecht. Several shop windows were shattered.
A call box and a bus shelter were trashed. A number of cars were also damaged.
The police detained 193 youngsters in order to check their identity. Most of those detained had been throwing stones.
They were released in the course of the night, but may still face prosecution.
Gerald Noon, the head of Anderlecht police, said that photographic material would be used to identify anybody who caused material damage.
The riot follows incidents last Sunday in the margin of the Belgian Cup in which Anderlecht fans clashed with immigrants.
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” immigrant youngsters “
Sounds like gang wars.
Sounds like code words for muslims.
Muslim street gang?
Yes, they’re Moroccans.
Were they fighting over football, or is this a culture war?
Why can people not call things for what they are? You and I, the common man, Joe the Bartender know that immigrant is code word for: Muslim, but it is like the p.c.’ers in the drive-by media are so afraid of offending who?/Just Asking - seoul62......
“Immigrant” is the same as code words for “at risk youths”.
Ping
They were just looking for a reason to riot.
So, now it’s coming to Begium. Interesting. Which will be the first Euro state to fall?
So, now it’s coming to Begium. Interesting. Which will be the first Euro state to fall?
I think that’s a “Yes”.
It’s been in Belgium for a while - this is from article on the front page of today’s NY Times - and Belgium is paying this troll $1,100 a month in unemployment - fools
Al Qaeda Warrior Uses Internet to Rally Women
BRUSSELS — On the street, Malika El Aroud is anonymous in an Islamic black veil covering all but her eyes.
Malika El Aroud, a prominent Internet jihadist who lives in Brussels, says words are her weapon.
In her living room, Ms. El Aroud, a 48-year-old Belgian, wears the ordinary look of middle age: a plain black T-shirt and pants and curly brown hair. The only adornment is a pair of powder-blue slippers monogrammed in gold with the letters SEXY.
But it is on the Internet where Ms. El Aroud has distinguished herself. Writing in French under the name “Oum Obeyda,” she has transformed herself into one of the most prominent Internet jihadists in Europe.
Now, even as Ms. El Aroud remains under constant surveillance, she is back home rallying militants on her main Internet forum and collecting more than $1,100 a month in government unemployment benefits.
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