Wallonia-Brussels Education Network Files Complaint over Violent Clash between Students and Police Officers on Lesse Kayak Descent

2023-06-19 10:11:00

The Wallonia-Brussels Education (WBE) network has decided to file a complaint in the case of the violence that occurred on June 1 between students and police officers on leave during a descent of the Lesse in a kayak, announced Monday its general administrator.

“The facts are obviously very serious”said Julien Nicaise at the microphone of BX1. “The testimonies all point in the same direction. There was not one incident, there were several incidents”he assured on the basis of explanations collected from both students and teachers who accompanied this outing.

According to the general administrator of WBE, there are medical reports of broken bones and blows to some students who are now receiving psychological and administrative support from their school.

On the basis of these elements, WBE will file a complaint with the courts “in the coming days”, added Mr. Nicaise, who also intends to seize Unia because of the racist remarks made during the facts, as well as the committee P, l police oversight body.

The person concerned indicated that he had also written to the head of the Brussels-West police zone so that “the agents concerned are kept away from our students”.

On June 1, a fight took place on the banks of the Lesse between a group of police officers from the Brussels-West zone who were on leave and students from a school in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.

Following these facts, the Brussels-West police zone announced ten days ago that an “administrative discipline file” had been opened once morest several of its members involved in the fight.

According to Sudinfo, regarding fifteen police officers – some of whom were intoxicated – fought violently with regarding twenty young Molenbeekois.

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