During the national strike in Brussels on Tuesday, masked participants clashed with police in the north of Brussels city centre near Pacheco.
Riot police intervened immediately. Several injured people are being treated on the scene, and police arrested several participants, Belga News Agency reports.
The police also used tear gas.
Protesters clash with riot police at a demonstration in Brussels against the Federal Government measures on Tuesday 14 October 2025. Credit: Belga/Marius Burgelman
After the arrests, the situation remains unsettled, but the fighting has stopped. Several people have been taken (and dragged) away in handcuffs
Police have cornered a group of troublemakers on the bridge near Boulevard Pacheco. Windows at the Pacheco 44 building have been shattered.
The police, in turn, were briefly surrounded by a group of hundreds booing them and chanting for the "release of their comrades."
Meanwhile, other protesters continue to pass through a narrow passage.
Several dozen people were arrested, the police said in a press release. "We regret the resort to vandalism in the context of the national strike."
