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Brussels riot after Morocco World Cup qualifier win

By alternativeafrica
November 12, 2017
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More than 20 police officers were injured in Brussels when celebrations over Morocco’s qualification for football’s World Cup turned violent.

The Moroccan national side qualified for the 2018 tournament in Russia with a 2-0 victory away to Ivory Coast on Saturday, topping their group.

Fans hit the streets after the game and burned at least one car, smashed glass and looted shops, police said.

Belgium has a large Moroccan community, making up 4% of the population.

One witness posted video to Twitter of water cannon being used on a crowd. Police said it was used on a group of about 300 people, some of whom were throwing stones.

Calm had returned by 21:30 local time (20:30 GMT), a reporter for the AFP news agency said.

Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon condemned the riots, tweeting (in French) that they constituted “unacceptable aggression in the centre of Brussels”.

He added: “Living together means respect, also for the police who are committed to our safety day and night.”

In the Netherlands too, large groups of fans from Morocco or of Moroccan background celebrated in the streets. Some celebrations there turned violent, with the police in The Hague tweeting (in Dutch) that some people threw things at officers.

In Rotterdam, dancing fans set off flares in red and green, Morocco’s colours.

Meanwhile in Morocco itself thousands of fans celebrated in the streets of Marrakesh, Casablanca and other cities.

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Image caption Owners of businesses in the centre of Brussels woke on Sunday to damaged shop fronts
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Image caption Rioters also damaged street furniture
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Image caption Rioters got inside some businesses
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Image caption Exuberant fans hit the streets of Amsterdam too
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Image caption Most celebrations – like this one in Marrakesh – were peaceful
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