Riots after Morocco’s World Cup victory

After Morocco reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar, celebrations in the Belgian capital Brussels have once once more gotten out of control. Some revelers threw stones and set fire to a container on Tuesday evening, the Belga news agency reported. The police used tear gas, among other things, and arrested several people. Details were not initially known. Arrests were also made in Dutch cities.

In the city center of the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the police arrested 35 people at degenerate celebrations. Fireworks were thrown, and several people said they were insulting and might not identify themselves, the police said on Tuesday evening. In some cases, the riot police cleared places. Among other things, at the main station and on a central street, heavy firecrackers were ignited and thrown in the direction of people. A police officer suffered hearing damage. There were also traffic delays.

According to the police, ten arrests were made in Amsterdam, and others have not been ruled out. The football celebrations had degenerated into riots with damage to property, heavy firecrackers and violence once morest rescue workers. The police criticized that a small group of rioters spoiled the fun of happy football fans once more. Ten arrests were also made in The Hague. There, too, firecrackers were thrown and riot police officers were deployed. Strong communities of Moroccan descent live in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Morocco secured their place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Tuesday with a 3-0 penalty shoot-out once morest Spain. At the end of November, following the North African’s victory once morest Belgium, Morocco’s supporters rioted in Brussels.

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