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| Street riots in Brussels following Moroccan prisoner's death |
| 2006-09-28 |
| For the second night in a row, there were severe riots in the streets of Brussels on Tuesday following the death of a young Moroccan prisoner in a Belgian jail. Youngsters ran amok in the streets around the Brussels Midi Station and set fire to several cars that were parked in the area. They also threw molotov cocktails at a hospital and caused a fire, according to a Belgian news website "Flandersnews.be." Belgian dailies reported Wednesday that police took forty five people into custody Tuesday night. The immediate cause for the riots was the sudden death of a young Moroccan inmate in the prison of Vorst, a Brussels municipality. The 25-year old, who was not named, died last weekend after he'd been given a few tranquilizers. Belgian Justice Minister Laurette Onkelinx visited the deceased man's family on Tuesday. The riots started on Monday evening following news about the prisoner's death. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #7 Living proof of the eternal wisdom that advises; "Get a bigger hammer!" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-28 23:23 |
| #6 Frink-o-matic! I'm impressed! Anyhow, I re-calibrated with my 20 oz Stanley hammer, and the meter working much better. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-09-28 23:17 |
| #5 Checking the reading Belgium produces on my Give-A-Shit meter ... switching to milli .. switching to micro ... switching to nano ... switching to pico. Yup, it's reading 1.2. Jeeze, DMFD, you'd better go get that cheapass POS D’Arsonval meter movement on your crappy Give-A-Shit meter recalibrated. My Frink-O-Matic Deluxe Digital Readout Incremental Excremental Concern Meter™ isn't even toggling in the Femto scale. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-28 22:49 |
| #4 Probably too much to hope they'll start fires and burn Brussels to the ground. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-28 22:37 |
| #3 Checking the reading Belgium produces on my Give-A-Shit meter ... switching to milli .. switching to micro ... switching to nano ... switching to pico. Yup, it's reading 1.2. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-09-28 18:38 |
| #2 Better yet, isn't it about time all these nancy-boy EU ministers get a nice up-front and personal look at street level terrorism? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-28 18:27 |
| #1 This will be interesting to watch. I wondered when the Muzzies would get around to the Belgies. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-09-28 18:08 |