INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police had to seal off parts of the center of Brussels and moved in with water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds following violence
during and after Morocco&s 2-0 win over Belgium at the World Cup on Sunday.Riots also broke out in several other Belgian and Dutch cities
after Morocco&s win.Police detained about a dozen people after they deployed water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse crowds in Brussels
and detained eight more in the Northern city of Antwerp while two police officials were injured in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.By late
evening Sunday, an uneasy calm had returned to most of the cities involved.Dozens of rioters overturned and torched cars, set electric
scooters on fire and pelted cars with bricks
Police moved in after one person suffered facial injuries, said Brussels police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere.Brussels mayor Philippe Close
urged people to stay away from the city center and said authorities were doing their utmost to keep order in the streets
Even subway and tram traffic had to be interrupted on police orders.&Those are not fans, they are rioters
Moroccan fans are there to celebrate,& Close said
There were also disturbances in the city of Antwerp and Liege, AP reported.&Sad to see how a few individuals abuse a situation to run amok,&
said Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden.Police in the neighboring Netherlands said violence erupted in the port city of Rotterdam, with
riot officers attempting to break up a group of 500 soccer supporters who pelted police with fireworks and glass
Media reported unrest in the capital Amsterdam and The Hague.Morocco&s victory was a major upset at the World Cup and was enthusiastically
celebrated by fans with Moroccan immigrant roots in many Belgian and Dutch cities.The post Riots in Belgium after Morocco win at FIFA World
Cup first appeared on Ariana News.
