Belgium is heating up: 150 detained in protests

Brussels police made a written statement regarding the protests. It was stated in the statement that 150 people were detained during the events, 118 of them were under administrative detention and 32 were under judicial detention.

In the statement, it was stated that the judicial detentions were related to crimes such as throwing objects at police officers, resisting detention and intentional arson, and it was also stated that 15 people among those detained were minors.

In the statement, it was stated that the detection of new suspects continues within the scope of the investigation and that the announced numbers may change, and that serious damage was caused in the city center during the riots that broke out during the events.

In the statement, it was stated that electric scooters and construction materials were used to establish barricades during the events, and 5 police officers were slightly injured.

There were violent incidents yesterday in the protests against education policies and budget cuts in the Belgian cities of Brussels and Liege.

In Brussels, the police repeatedly intervened with demonstrators with tear gas and pressurized water.

In Liege, while the police intervened with pressurized water against the demonstrators, people gathered around chanted slogans such as "Release our friends".

Student protests, which started as a reaction to education conditions in France, spread to the French-speaking part of Belgium on October 1.

Many people were detained and some were arrested during the demonstrations where public order was disrupted.