Police in Brussels used water cannons, tear gas, and surrounded the city center to control crowds who violently reacted to Morocco’s win against Belgium today.
Numerous protestors threw bricks at cars and set fire to steps.
At least 100 cops had to intervene.
The mayor of Brussels, Philippe Close, pleaded with soccer fans to avoid the city’s core and assured them that the police were making every effort to maintain law and order.
“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the incidents of this afternoon. The police have already intervened firmly. I therefore advise supporters not to come to the city centre. The police are using all their resources to maintain public order,” reacted the mayor of Brussels, Philippe Close, on Twitter.
On police instructions, even the subway and tram traffic had to be stopped.
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