FIFA WC: Riots in Brussels after Belgium’s defeat to Morocco

Brussels, November 28: Chaos and clashes triggered in Brussels on Sunday after Morocco's victory over Belgium in the World Cup match in Qatar. 

As per the sources, riots erupted with a car and some electric scooters set on fire.

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The rioters also used pyrotechnic material, projectiles, sticks, and set fire on the public highway. In the riots a journalist was also injured in the face by fireworks. 

Belgian police detained a dozen people and made one arrest. 

The police proceed with a police intervention and deployed water cannon and used tear gas to control the situation.

The riots took place in several places across the Belgian capital where dozens of soccer fans, some draped in Moroccan flags, clashed with riot police with water cannons and tear gas.

"Around 7 p.m. calm returned and preventive patrols remain in place in the sectors concerned," police spokesperson Ilse Van de Keere said.

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