Police surrounded around 30 demonstrators in Liège on Saturday afternoon as a protest that began peacefully disrupted traffic and bus services in the city centre.
The group was encircled by at least as many helmeted officers at the entrance to the Saint-Lambert shopping gallery on Place Saint-Lambert, Belga reported from the scene.
A water cannon was used against the demonstrators. Around the police cordon, people chanted: “Free our comrades.”
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Earlier in the afternoon, the march had blocked several roads near the Cadran area, including access to the motorway towards Burenville.
Some protesters began moving barriers to build barricades before police arrived and dispersed the crowd. According to police, between 200 and 250 people had gathered peacefully at around 10am at Liège-Guillemins station.
They later made their way to Place Saint-Lambert, where a sit-in prevented buses from running. At about 13:15, the procession then headed towards the Cadran area.
