'Yellow vest' violence erupts across Europe: Paris riots spread to Brussels and

[Tony Koretz]

‘Yellow vest’ violence erupts across Europe: Paris riots spread to Brussels and Amsterdam as 1,400 are arrested, French police call up 8,000 reinforcements and rioters torch everything in their path

The protest movement crossed borders, with demonstrations in neighboring Belgium and the Netherlands
Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters near government offices and parliament
About 100 protesters gathered in a peaceful demonstration outside the Dutch parliament in The Hague
Paris was on lockdown as armed police battled to contain demonstrators with more than 700 arrests
8,000 police were deployed in Paris to avoid a repeat of last Saturday’s mayhem when rioters wreaked havoc
Shops were boarded up to avoid looting and street furniture and construction site materials were removed
Nearly 1,400 people were detained across France, according to Interior Minister Christophe Castaner

Violent protests in Paris spread to Brussels and Amsterdam last night, as 1,400 are arrested and French police call up to 8,000 reinforcements in a bid to quell the rising discontent.

The French ‘Yellow Vest’ protest movement crossed borders, with demonstrations in neighboring Belgium and in the Netherlands even though meither country has proposed a hike in fuel tax – the catalyst for the destructive demonstrations in France in recent weeks.

Hundreds of police officers were mobilised in Brussels on Saturday, where yellow vest protesters last week clashed with police and torched two police vehicles.

Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannons at stone-throwing yellow-vested protesters near the country’s government offices and parliament.

Protesters smashed street signs and traffic lights near a police barricade blocking access to the office of Prime Minister Charles Michel, as they chanted slogans calling on him to resign. They threw paving stones, fireworks, flares and other objects at police.

Brussels police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere says around 400 protesters are gathered in the area.

About 100 have been detained, many for possessing dangerous objects like fireworks or wearing clothing that could be used as protection in clashes with police.

n the Netherlands, about 100 protesters gathered in a peaceful demonstration outside the Dutch parliament in The Hague. At least two protesters were detained by police in central Amsterdam.

Protests also continued in Paris on Saturday as rioters set fire to cars, burn barricades and smash windows in pockets of violence across the city centre. Police reinforcements were boosted to 8,000 across the city, with armoured vehicles deployed in Paris for the first time ever.

More than 650 protesters were detained in the capital last night. Many of them stopped as they arrived at train stations or meeting points carrying hammers, petanque balls and other potential missiles.

Nationwide, 89,000 police officers were on duty in towns, cities and on numerous motorways which caused havoc on France’s road network, including a blockade of a border crossing with Spain.

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