Hundreds of protesters in Liège gathered for a Black Lives Matter demonstration against racism perpetrated on African migrants in the country, which escalated into clashes with police who used water cannons and batons to attack the crowd which promptly began looting the area.
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Hundreds of Belgians in Brussels took to the streets after a 23-year-old black immigrant died in jail after being taken into custody by police during a home raid to enforce quarantine orders. A police station was set on fire, with intense clashes occurring between security forces and demonstrators who threw Molotov cocktails and rocks.
Belgian youth in Brussels continued to ramp up occupation of several areas into New Year's day, clashing with police and setting fires against state repression and brutality against people's movements.
Belgian abolitionists in the Molenbeek neighborhood of the capital city of Brussels lit fires and burned cars in the area, protesting against state repression and brutal curfew.