An April Fool’s joke (could also be described as a prank) led to chaos in Brussels. Her Police Belgian capital used water under pressure and tear gas to disperse a crowd of 1,500 – 2,000 people who had gathered in a city park for a… party, despite the ban on rallies due to the pandemic.
Dozens of police officers, on horseback and pedestrians, received rain from objects when they tried to remove the young people from the area.
Three police officers were injured and one of them was taken to hospital, according to the provisional report of the incidents announced by the local police around 20.00. Four people were arrested, a police spokeswoman told AFP.
At least two civilians were injured in the clashes, including a woman who was abducted by a police horse, according to Reuters reporters at the scene, according to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency.
The “La Boom” party in the Boua de la Campre park started as an April Fool’s joke via Facebook. Although the organizers had stated for days that the “invitation” they had posted on social networking sites was a hoax, around 2,000 people showed up late this afternoon in the park. The local media puts the number of participants at 5,000.
Many of the participants raised their fists and shouted “freedom”, while some threw bottles and stones at the police vehicles.
“We are all depressed. “I will be 18 in two weeks, we want to live our youth,” schoolgirl Amelie told Reuters. “We did not come here to anger the police, but to show that we have life and we want to enjoy it,” he added.
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