EU nation’s capital plunged into turmoil on New Year’s Eve
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Brussels descended into chaos on New Year’s Eve, as rioters hurled Molotov cocktails at Belgian emergency services and set vehicles ablaze. Police made dozens of arrests, according to local officials, media reports, and videos on social media.
The authorities reported 159 arrests on Wednesday during the overnight unrest, which saw at least 60 vehicles torched across Brussels, which is the seat of the EU Commission and NATO headquarters.
“It was really crazy,” Walter Derieuw, spokesperson for the Brussels Fire Department, told Politico. “We were there to help, and we were getting Molotov cocktails thrown at us.”
Youth gangs in Brussel’s worst no-go zone Molenbeek used Molotov cocktails to attack the police and fireworks to assault firefighters on New Year’s Eve
