Anti-riot police patrol the streets during the demonstration.The end of Sunday's demonstration in the Belgium city of Brussels and the heart of the European Union was marred by a small minority only bent on violence. As 50,000 plus demonstrators from all parts of Europe participated in an anti-government coronavirus measures protest which passed without incident. A violent minority clad in black, overran the European District, they vandalized cars, stones were catapulted and thrown and road signs uprooted, the front of the EEAS ‘European External Action Service' building was totally demolished

Anti-riot police patrol the streets during the demonstration.The end of Sunday's demonstration in the Belgium city of Brussels and the heart of the European Union was marred by a small minority only bent on violence. As 50,000 plus demonstrators from all parts of Europe participated in an anti-government coronavirus measures protest which passed without incident. A violent minority clad in black, overran the European District, they vandalized cars, stones were catapulted and thrown and road signs uprooted, the front of the EEAS ‘European External Action Service' building was totally demolished Stock Photo
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Anti-riot police patrol the streets during the demonstration.The end of Sunday’s demonstration in the Belgium city of Brussels and the heart of the European Union was marred by a small minority only bent on violence. As 50, 000 plus demonstrators from all parts of Europe participated in an anti-government coronavirus measures protest which passed without incident. A violent minority clad in black, overran the European District, they vandalized cars, stones were catapulted and thrown and road signs uprooted, the front of the EEAS ‘European External Action Service’ building was totally demolished along with its entry hall. The police retaliated with baton charges, water cannon and a hail of dense CF gas.

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