Police make 150 arrests after education protest
The Brussels public prosecutor’s office said 19 people were remanded in custody after violence and vandalism during Saturday’s protest.
Police made 150 arrests after violence and vandalism during Saturday’s youth protest against cuts to French-speaking education, The Bulletin reported in a news report captured Tuesday.
Most arrests were administrative, while the Brussels public prosecutor’s office said 19 people were remanded in custody, including 11 adults and eight others, according to the report.
The protest drew attention to tensions around French-speaking education funding, an institutional issue in Belgium’s divided school system. The supplied report did not give the size of the demonstration, the scale of the education cuts or any injury figures.
Remand means a person is kept in custody pending further legal steps. The report did not specify charges, court dates or whether additional arrests were expected.
Source: news report, The Bulletin, captured Oct. 20
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