Thursday, November 6, 2014

Anti-Austerity Protests Turn Violent In Belgium

Over 100,000 people took to the streets in Brussels to protest against the government’s planned cost-cutting measures.


Riot police clashed with demonstrators in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Thursday amid a massive protest against government plans to reform the country’s welfare system.


Riot police clashed with demonstrators in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Thursday amid a massive protest against government plans to reform the country’s welfare system.


Yves Herman / Reuters



Yves Herman / Reuters


More than 100,000 workers marched through the city center as part of a union-organized rally against the center-right government’s proposed reforms.


More than 100,000 workers marched through the city center as part of a union-organized rally against the center-right government’s proposed reforms.


Yves Herman / Reuters


Police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons to disperse demonstrators. Cars were flipped over and set alight.


Police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons to disperse demonstrators. Cars were flipped over and set alight.


Yves Herman / Reuters




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